Patent Publication Number: US-9902078-B2

Title: Adjustable shaving device

Description:
FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     The disclosure relates to shaving devices and more particularly pertains to a new adjustable shaving device for shaving. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing that is generally cylindrical. The housing has a second end that comprises an orifice. A neck is positioned in the orifice and a first coupler is rotationally coupled to the neck. The device includes a blade assembly comprising a plurality of safety blades, a male cover, a female cover, and a plurality of spacers. The covers and spacers are complimentary to the blades, and the spacers are positionable between the blades. A second coupler, complimentary to the first coupler, is positioned on an exterior face of the female cover. The male cover and the female cover are configured to accept and secure the blades with one spacer between adjacent blades. The first coupler is positioned to couple to the second coupler, securing the blade assembly to the neck and allowing rotational movement of the blade assembly. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric perspective view of an adjustable shaving device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an exploded view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new shaving device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the adjustable shaving device  10  generally comprises a housing  12  that is generally cylindrical. The housing  12  has a first end  14  circumferentially larger than a second end  16 , such that the housing  12  is slightly tapered. The second end  16  comprises an orifice  18 . A neck  20  is positioned in the orifice  18 . The neck  20  is generally cylindrical, curved, and variably positional within the housing  12 , such that a desired curvature  22  of the neck  20  is obtainable by extending the neck  20  from the housing  12 . A first coupler  24  is rotationally coupled to the neck  20 . The first coupler  24  comprises a first plurality of arcuate protrusions  26  that extend outwardly from a perimeter ring  28 . The first coupler  24  is rotationally and pivotally coupled to the neck  20 . 
     A base  30  is rotationally coupled to the first end  14  of the housing  12 . The base  30  has a bottom  32  that is tapered relative to the base  30 . The base  30  comprises a plurality of longitudinal faces  34  that extend from the bottom  32  toward the first end  14 . A penetration  36 , preferably square, is positioned in the bottom  32  of the base  30 , such that the penetration  36  is positioned in the bottom  32  allowing liquid to drain from the housing  12 . 
     A grip  38  is coupled to an exterior  40  of the housing  12 . The grip  38  is pliable, preferably rubber. The grip  38  may comprise a pair of grips  38 , generally elongated rectangular shaped, positioned on opposing sides  44  of the housing  12 . 
     An adjuster  46  that comprises a threaded section  48 , a stop  50 , a spring  52 , and a shaft  54  is positioned in an interior space  56  defined by the housing  12  and the base  30 . The threaded section  48  is positioned on an interior wall  58  of the housing  12  proximate to the first end  14 . The stop  50  is coupled to an internal wall  60  of the base  30 . The spring  52  is complimentary to the threaded section  48  and has a pair of ends  62 . A respective one of the pair of ends  62  is coupled to the stop  50 . The spring  52  extends through the threaded section  48  into the interior space  56  of the housing  12 . The shaft  54  has a first terminus  64  and second terminus  66 . The first terminus  64  is coupled to a respective one of the pair of ends  62  of the spring  52  within the interior space  56 . The second terminus  66  is coupled to the neck  20  within the interior space  56 , such that turning the base  30  relative to the housing  12  will rotate the spring  52  through the threaded section  48 . The spring  52  thus induces the shaft  54  through the housing  12 , such that the neck  20  protrudes from the housing  12  and forms the desired curvature  22  of the neck  20 . 
     The device  10  includes a blade assembly  68  that comprises a plurality of safety blades  70 , a male cover  72 , a female cover  74  and a plurality of spacers  76 . The safety blades  70  are substantially rectangular and have three openings  78 . The covers  72  and  74  are complimentary to the safety blades  70  and have exterior faces  80 . The exterior faces  80  are arcuately shape. The male cover  72  has three cylindrical protrusions  82  that extend from an inner face  84 . The protrusions  82  are complimentary to the openings  78  in the safety blades  70 . The female cover  74  has three orifices  86 . The orifices  86  are complimentary to the protrusions  82 . A second coupler  88  is positioned on the exterior face  80  of the female cover  74 . The second coupler  88  is complimentary to the first coupler  24  and comprises a second plurality of arcuate protrusions  90  that extend internally from a cylinder  92  that is coupled to the exterior face  80  of the female cover  74 . The second plurality of arcuate protrusions  90  is complimentary to the first plurality of arcuate protrusions  26 , such that the second plurality of arcuate protrusions  90  is positioned to receive the first plurality of arcuate protrusions  26 . The user may twist the blade assembly  68  relative to the first coupler  24  to secure the blade assembly  68  to the neck  20 . The spacers  76  are complimentary to and positionable between the safety blades  70 . Each of the spacers  76  has three holes  94  that are complimentary to the cylindrical protrusions  82 . The plurality of spacers  76  comprises from one to four spacers, preferably two to three spacers. More preferably, the plurality of spacers comprises two spacers. 
     A release  96  is positioned on and extends through a back  98  of the housing  12 . The release  96  is operationally coupled to the first coupler  24 , such that the release  96  may be engaged by the user to disconnect the second coupler  88  from the first coupler  24 . 
     In use, the male cover  72  and the female cover  74  are configured to accept and secure the safety blades  70  with one of each of the plurality of spacers  76  between adjacent safety blades  70 . The first coupler  24  is positioned to couple to the second coupler  88 , securing the blade assembly  68  to the neck  20  and allowing rotational movement of the blade assembly  68  relative to the housing  12 . The desired curvature  22  of the neck  20  is obtained by threading the spring  52  through the threaded section  48 , which moves the shaft  54  through the interior space  56 , extending the neck  22  through the orifice  18 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.