Patent ID: 7814661

Claim:
A razor comprising: a body portion including a neck; a blade cartridge movably connected to said neck; a dispensing cartridge removably attachable to said body portion to define at least a portion of a handle of said razor, and said dispensing cartridge including an interior pressure chamber for holding a charge of a shaving conditioning compound and a pressurized dispensing gas, and said dispensing cartridge further including a lower end defining a bottom of said handle, and an opening in said lower end communicating with said interior pressure chamber; said dispensing cartridge further including a valve at least partially received within said opening and normally disposed to prevent release of the charge of shaving conditioning compound and the pressurized gas out through the opening, and said valve being operable from a normally closed position to a release position for dispensing the shaving conditioning compound, with the assistance of the pressurized gas, from said dispensing cartridge; an actuating assembly operatively engaged with said valve for selectively operating said valve from the normally closed position to the release position, said actuating assembly including an actuating member including a moveable button that is operatively moveable between a normally relaxed OFF position and a momentary dispensing position, and said actuating member being urged to the normally relaxed OFF position; said moveable button being positioned in spaced relation from said valve and said opening in said bottom of said handle and at an upper portion of said handle and positioned and disposed for operation by a user's thumb while holding the razor in an upright position for shaving; and at least one elongate band extending from said valve at said bottom of said handle to said upper portion of said handle, and said at least one elongate band being structured and disposed for physically displacing said valve upon movement of said actuating member from said normally relaxed OFF position to said momentary dispensing position, and said at least one elongate band being further structured and disposed to allow said valve to return to the normally closed position upon said actuating member returning to the normally relaxed OFF position.