Patent ID: 6223442
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A non-motorized hand-held razor comprising:a handle by which the razor can be gripped and manipulated when shaving hair from a skin surface, said handle having a longitudinal axis and a neck portion at one end thereof;a single thin generally rectangular resilient spring member of flat cross section supported at a first end thereof on said handle neck portion and having a free end portion extending outwardly therefrom along a longitudinal central axis and terminating in a second end; anda generally rectangular razor head having a longitudinal front side with a razor blade mounted thereon, lateral ends, and a longitudinal back side attached and supported transversely at its approximate center on, and approximately tangent with, said spring member second end and its said lateral ends extending unsupported laterally outward from the point of attachment with said second end;said spring member free end portion being resiliently flexible in vertical and horizontal planes and capable of twisting along said longitudinal central axis to enable spring-biased movement of said razor head with said free end portion in arcuate vertical and horizontal paths relative to said handle longitudinal axis, and spring-biased twisting movement of said razor head lateral ends in diametrically opposed arcuate paths about said free end portion longitudinal central axis and said handle longitudinal axis.