Patent ID: 6308416
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A shaving razor comprisinga handle,first, second and third blade units that are mounted at one end of said handle, each said blade unit including a guard, at least one blade having a cutting edge, and a cap, anda mounting structure connecting each said blade unit to said handle in a predetermined position, said mounting structure providing a pivotal connection of said blade unit to said mounting structure about a pivot axis that is transverse to the cutting edge, and also providing up and down movement of said blade unit along a displacement direction that is transverse to a plane through the guard and the cap, thereby permitting each said blade unit to conform to the contour of a surface being shaved, said first, second and third blade units each having a width that is less than the entire width covered by all three blades,wherein said mounting structure for each said blade unit is independent of mounting structures for the other blade units, permitting each blade unit to pivot about a respective pivot axis and to be displaced along a respective displacement axis independent of the pivoting and displacement of the other blade units,wherein each said mounting structure includes a linkage with two elongated members extending from a proximal end member connected to said handle to a distal end member connected to said blade unit,wherein said linkage forms a parallelogram which includes said two elongated members and also includesa first side member connected between spaced apart proximal ends of said elongated members and to said proximal end member, anda second side member connected between spaced apart distal ends of said elongated members and to said distal end member,said elongated members being pivotally connected at each connection to the first side member and to the second side member.