Patent ID: 8661689

Claim:
A razor cartridge comprising: a housing having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; one or more blades mounted within the housing; and an elongated resilient skin contacting element joined to the proximal end portion of the housing, the elongated resilient skin contacting element comprising a pair of lateral arrays of skin contacting members; an alignment array of skin contacting members positioned between and spaced apart from the pair of lateral arrays of skin contacting members and having a pattern of one or more flexible skin-engaging projections that are generally transverse to one or more of the blades and define a plurality of open channels that facilitate the generally unobstructed passage of hair to one or more of the blades during shaving, wherein the pair of lateral arrays of skin contacting members and the alignment array of skin contacting members are oriented at different angles with respect to the one or more blades.