Patent ID: 8458911

Claim:
An electric shaver comprising: a rod-shaped body part; a head part projecting from one end portion, in a longitudinal direction, of the body part and swingably attached to the body part with a support base between the body part and the head part, the head part including a shaving portion and a drive mechanism, the shaving portion formed to be elongated in a direction orthogonal to a projecting direction of the head part and having paired blades configured to operate relative to each other, the drive mechanism configured to drive at least one of the paired blades; and a link mechanism including two link arms each connected to the support base and the head part respectively at connecting axes parallel to a longitudinal direction of the shaving portion, the link mechanism configured to support the head part on the support base swingably, wherein the two link arms are disposed asymmetrically with respect to a straight line passing on a center of gravity of the head part and extending parallel with the projecting direction of the head part, when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the shaving portion, wherein lengths of the two link arms are different from each other, wherein the connecting axes for connection of the two link arms to the support base are located asymmetrically with respect to the straight line, when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the shaving portion, and wherein the connecting axes for connection of the two link arms to the support base are displaced from each other in a direction of the straight line.