Patent ID: 6612040
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A replaceable safety razor cartridge comprisinga housing having a connecting structure for making a removable connection to a handle and a pivoting structure providing pivoting about a pivot axis, a guard at the front of said housing, a lubricating strip at the rear of said housing, and first, second, and third blades carried by said housing between said guard and said lubricating strip, whereby a user's beard is engaged sequentially by said guard, said first blade, said second blade, said third blade, and said lubricating strip during a shaving stroke, wherein said pivot axis is in front of said blades and below a plane that is tangent to said guard and said lubricating strip, wherein each of said blades is disposed in a respective plane that is oriented at an acute blade angle to said plane, and wherein said blades do not overlap each other.