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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Garraway, Guildford, GB;
Assignee:
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 2/100 ;
Abstract
A novel cutting element in or for a safety razor comprises an elongate member with a series of slots (,), each slot (,) tapering from an open forward end to a substantially closed trailing end, and each slot (,) being confined between a pair of shaped edges (,) for slicing hairs as they move through the slot as the cutting element is moved across the skin. One or more of the cutting elements may be used in a safety razor blade unit, either alone or in combination with a blade having a conventional straight sharpened edge.