Patent ID: 6530151
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A shaving article for sensitive surfaces and curved body areas, the article comprising:(a) an elongate handle having a free end and an opposite end; (b) a neck portion integrally dependent, at one end thereof, from said opposite end of said angle, said neck and handle defining, in aggregate, a lever arm; and (c) a shaving head assembly transversely dependent from an opposite end of said neck portion, said assembly comprising a blade housing including means for holding and positioning a razor having a longitudinal dimension in a range of about 17 to about 23 millimeters, in which an upper surface of said shaving head assembly, opposite to a surface dependent from said neck, comprises a curved surface, said shaving head assembly defining a pivot arm relative to said lever arm in which a ratio of length of said lever arm to shaving head pivot arm comprises a range of between about 3.5:1 to about 5.5:1, in which a mass of said handle exceeds an aggregate mass of said neck portion and shaving head assembly, thereby positioning the center of gravity of said article lower than said neck portion and within said handle.