Patent ID: 6055731
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A razor for shaving hair from the skin of a user, the razor comprising a blade assembly including:(a) at least two blades, each having a cutting edge;(b) a leading skin guide located ahead of said cutting edges, said leading skin guide being configured to provide at least one front contact surface for contacting the skin of a user;(c) an intermediate skin guide located between said cutting edges and configured to provide at least one intermediate contact surface; and(d) a trailing skin guide located behind said cutting edges, said trailing skin guide being configured to provide at least one rear contact surface for contacting the skin of a user,wherein said front contact surface, said intermediate contact surface and said rear contact surface lie substantially on a virtual convexly-curved contact profile such that, when said blade assembly is pressed against the skin of the user, the skin becomes stretched at least in a region adjacent to said cutting edge to conform to said contact profile so that substantially the entirety of at least two of said cutting edges are in operative shaving relation to the skin simultaneously.