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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1994
Robert A Trotta, Pembroke, MA (US);
Steve S Hahn, Wellesley, MA (US);
John Madeira, Assonet, MA (US);
Chong-ping P Chou, Lexington, MA (US);
Lamar E Brooks, North Providence, RI (US);
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A shaving system with a blade member with a cutting edge of wedge shape that is defined by main facets with an included facet angle in the range of 10.degree.-17.degree. in the region forty micrometers from the cutting edge. The blade is mounted between leading and trailing skin-engaging surfaces so that the blade tangent angle is less than 20.degree. and the interior main facet of the blade is disposed at an angle of more than 150.degree. to a reference line that extends from the cutting edge of the blade to the skin-engaging point next forward of the blade edge.