Patent ID: 8458908

Claim:
A hair removal apparatus ( 100 ) comprising: a) a base body ( 10 ) on which an electrically driven hair removal apparatus unit is fixedly arranged, said base body comprising a member selected from the group consisting of an electric motor, a battery, a foil shaver and combinations thereof, and b) a slide ( 20 ), which is movably mounted on the base body and on which a we shaver unit ( 40 ) having at least one razor blade is mounted or to which it can be connected mechanically, and wherein the slide ( 20 ) enables the wet shaver unit ( 40 ) to be displaced out of an exposed position to at least one position in which the wet shaver unit ( 40 ) is at least partially concealed by the base body ( 10 ), said hair removal apparatus ( 100 ) comprising catch elements ( 13 , 24 ), wherein th catch elements ( 13 , 24 ) are provided on the base body ( 10 ) and the slide ( 20 ), and engage in at least one target position of the slide ( 20 ) relative to the base body ( 10 ) thereby locking the slide ( 20 ) in the target position with a locking force, said catch elements comprising two catch hooks; wherein said two catch hooks ( 24 ) are arranged on the ends of a U-shaped spring element ( 23 ) which extends partially around the base body ( 10 ) and wherein the force needed to displace the wet shaver unit out of the exposed position is such that the contact force with which a user presses the wet shaver unit against his face in the direction of movement of the slide does not lead to movement of the slide.