Patent ID: 8065801

Claim:
An assembly for an electric razor, comprising an elongate flexible outer foil ( 1 ), the outer foil having openings ( 3 ) to allow hairs to penetrate the foil, and a flexible inner foil ( 2 ) cooperating with and reciprocable relative to the outer foil for shearing hairs penetrating the outer foil, characterized in that the inner and outer foils ( 1 , 2 ) are carried on a supporting structure ( 14 ) that is deformable to permit the foils to flex, and the supporting structure includes a pair of unitary suspension members ( 22 ) and each suspension member ( 22 ) comprises a series of upwardly directed support elements ( 24 ) interlinked adjacent their lower ends by integral hinges ( 25 ) providing free upper ends wherein the free upper ends of the series of support elements ( 24 ) are spaced apart along the foils and so linked together that the foils can flex to follow concave or convex curvatures along the length thereof.