Patent ID: 7162801

Claim:
A linkage mechanism for a hair removal appliance having a head ( 1 ) carrying at least one hair removal member and mounted for rocking about a virtual axis, said linkage mechanism being mountable on an appliance body ( 2 ) and comprising: a pair of spaced support arms ( 4 , 5 ) for pivotable attachment to the head ( 1 ) at first and second pivot axes ( 11 , 12 ), said first and second pivot axes being spaced apart by a first distance; a first transverse link member ( 6 ) for pivotably mounting on said body ( 2 ) for rotation about a third axis ( 17 ) and being pivotably attached to each of said support arms ( 4 , 5 ), at fourth and fifth pivot axes ( 15 , 16 ) spaced apart by a second distance less than the first distance; and second and third transverse link members ( 7 , 9 ) for pivotably mounting on the body ( 2 ) at respective first ends thereof and being pivotably attached at respective second ends thereof to respective ones of said support arms ( 4 , 5 ) at sixth and seventh pivot axes ( 13 , 14 ) spaced apart by a third distance, said first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh axes being mutually parallel.