Patent ID: 8061040

Claim:
A cutter blade assembly for a rotary shaver comprising: a rotary cutter blade having a cutter blade surface for shaving hair extending from a skin of a user; a circular, disk-shaped shear blade having an annular skin-engaging surface on one side thereof and an inner surface on the other side thereof, the annular skin-engaging surface having an inner circular edge and an outer circular edge, the shear blade overlaying the cutter blade such that the annular skin-engaging surface is spaced from the cutter blade surface; and a plurality of radially-oriented tines extending from the inner circular edge to the outer circular edge of the annular skin-engaging surface, the plurality of radially-oriented tines defining a plurality of radially-oriented hair entry openings for holding hairs at the surface of the skin and for aligning the hairs relative to the cutter blade surface, the shear blade disposed relative to the cutter blade to define a spacing between the cutter blade surface of the cutter blade and the skin-engaging surface of the shear blade, wherein the spacing increases continuously and uniformly from a minimum spacing at a first portion of the cutter blade assembly to a maximum spacing at a second portion of the cutter blade assembly wherein the first and second portions are arranged at substantially diametrically opposite regions of the circumference of the shear blade.