Patent ID: 6151785
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A shaving apparatus comprising, in combination:a housing including an inboard portion having a cylindrical configuration with a predetermined length and a constant diameter along the length thereof and an outboard portion having a hollow interior and a generally frustoconical configuration, a length of the outboard portion being substantially equal to the length of the inboard portion, the outboard portion having a plurality of concentric undulations formed therein along the length thereof for enhancing a finger grip of a user on the outboard portion, the outboard portion having an open end at a location opposite of the inboard portion, the open end of the outboard portion being substantially planar, the inboard portion having a first diameter and the open end of the outboard portion having a second diameter, the first diameter of the inboard portion being approximately three times the second diameter of the open end of the outboard portion, a perimeter wall of the outboard portion extending substantially straight from the open end to the inboard portion for providing an exterior gripping surface on the outboard portion that continuously varies from the open end to the inboard portion;a flexible wire mesh having a circular configuration being mounted in the open end of the outboard portion of the housing, the wire mesh defining a matrix of square cut outs;a drive assembly including a cylindrical motor mounted within a front extent of the inboard portion of the housing, a rechargeable cylindrical battery mounted within an intermediate extent of the inboard portion of the housing, a port connected to the battery and extending therefrom through a rear extent of the inboard portion of the housing, and a toggle switch mounted on an outer surface of the front extent of the inboard portion of the housing and connected between the battery and the motor for selectively actuating the motor; anda blade unit including an elongated rod of a length substantially equal to that of the outboard portion of the housing and a disk-shaped blade fixedly coupled to a front end of the rod such that the same extends coaxially through the outboard portion of the housing and the blade resides adjacent to the wire mesh, the rod having an inboard end which is coupled to the motor for rotating the blade upon the actuation thereof, thereby cutting hair of a user and catching hair clippings in the hollow outboard portion of the housing;said outboard portion of the housing having a cut out formed therein, the cut out extending in the length direction of the outboard portion of the housing and encompassing 1/2 a diameter of the outboard portion, the cut out further having a lid hingably coupled thereto for allowing the selective emptying of the clippings from the interior of the outboard portion without removal of the blade unit or the wire mesh from the outboard portion of the housing.