Patent ID: 6722039
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A manual safety straight razor comprising:an elongated cutter portion having a head portion and a pair of wedge portions extending from said head portion and spaced apart to form an elongated opening therebetween; a rear handle pivotally connected to a rear end of said cutter portion, said rear handle including a pair of joined plates; a razor-holding element having side surfaces shaped to correspond to a shape of an inner surface of said wedge portions, each of said side surfaces having an elongated recessed portion and a projection extending from said recessed portion, said razor-holding element further having a V-shaped lip portion with a rounded end, said V-shaped lip portion having a plurality of parallel grooves each extending across said rounded end of said V-shaped lip portion, and said grooves being spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of said V-shaped lip portion; and a pair of double-sided razor blades attached to said side surfaces of said razor-holding element, each of said razor blades having a slit formed therein for receiving said projection of one of said side surfaces of said razor-holding element; wherein said cutter portion, said razor-holding element, and said razor blades are arranged such that said razor-holding element having said razor blades attached thereto is inserted into said elongated opening of said cutter portion so that a gap is formed between each of said razor blades and said V-shaped lip portion, and so that a first imaginary line connecting said rounded end of said V-shaped lip portion and an edge of a first one of said razor blades and a second imaginary line connecting said rounded end of said V-shaped lip portion and an edge of a second one of said razor blades intersect to form an imaginary V-shaped working surface.