Patent ID: 8033027

Claim:
A battery-operated, integrated shaver and hair trimmer device with an adjustable handle comprising: a shaver and trimmer assembly having a housing and including one or more cutting blade assemblies disposed within the housing, each cutting blade assembly being configured and further disposed such that at least a portion of each cutting blade assembly projects from the housing to permit access to the cutting blade assembly for shaving and hair trimming; at least one battery disposed within the housing to power the one or more cutting blade assemblies; a handle assembly configured as a handle, the handle assembly being removably connected to the shaver and trimmer assembly by a connecting assembly; a first lock and release mechanism constructed and arranged to permit a first end of the connecting assembly to removably connect to a distal end of the shaver and trimmer assembly; the first lock and release mechanism including at least one locking hole defined along the distal end of the shaver and trimmer assembly and disposed and sized to receive at least a portion of a locking tab disposed along the first end of the connecting assembly to connect the connecting assembly to the shaver and trimmer assembly, the locking tab being coupled operatively with an actuator button disposed along the connecting assembly, such that, actuation of the actuator button removes the locking tab from the locking hole; and the connecting assembly including a second lock and release mechanism constructed and arranged to permit the handle assembly to pivot about a second end of the connecting assembly and to temporarily lock the handle assembly at a releasably fixed position relative to the shaver and trimmer assembly, wherein the distal end of the shaver and trimmer assembly defines a port configured to receive and to electrically couple the device to an external power charging assembly to supply power for recharging the at least one battery.