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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2008
Russell Stuart Avens, Banbury, GB;
Stephen Leonard Rawle, Newbury, GB;
Russell Stuart Avens, Banbury, GB;
Stephen Leonard Rawle, Newbury, GB;
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A shaving blade unit comprising a shaving cartridge having a floatably secured shaving blade member wherein said cartridge comprises: a) a housing with a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending between said front and rear walls; b) said shaving blade member having opposing ends with a shoulder at each end and wherein said shoulder rests along said side wall and wherein a cutting edge of said shaving blade member is facing a front surface of said housing; c) a resilient member disposed rearward of said shaving blade member and that is secured by a shaving blade member retainer; and wherein said resilient member provides a forward biasing force to said shaving blade member such that said contact between said shoulder and said side wall is at least maintained when said unit is removed from a skin surface during shaving.