Patent ID: 7797834

Claim:
A device for shaving hair growing from skin, comprising: a base portion having a grip; a shaving head including at least one blade-shaped cutting member having at least one cutting edge, a first side portion slidably accommodating a first supporting plate having a first suspension element, and a second side portion slidably accommodating a second supporting plate having a second suspension element, the first and second suspension elements fixed to the at least one blade-shaped cutting member; a pivot axis wherein the base portion is pivotably coupled to the shaving head such that the shaving head pivots about the pivot axis which is perpendicular to a length of the base portion but does not pivot about an axis that is parallel to the length of the base portion, wherein the length of the base portion extends further than a width of the base portion; and an actuator coupled to the first and second supporting plates such that a rotating motion of the actuator translates into a periodical reciprocating motion of the slidably accommodated first and second supporting plates and the cutting member for effecting a periodical reciprocating motion of the cutting member relative to the base portion by the actuator slidably guiding the first and second supporting plates relative to the first and second side portions, the periodical reciprocating motion of the cutting member also being a periodical reciprocating motion of the cutting member relative to the shaving head.