US 11,672,633 B2
Handle for an electrically operated personal care implement
Uwe Jungnickel, Königstein (DE); Martin Brust, Aachen (DE); Marcel Denis Knorr, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Andreas Reuschenbach, Bad Soden (DE); and Markus Morgott, Eschborn (DE)
Assigned to The Gillette Company, LLC., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by The Gillette Company LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/90,980.
Claims priority of application No. 19207432 (EP), filed on Nov. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128286 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61C 17/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 17/225 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle (12) for an electrically operated personal-care implement (10), the handle (12) comprising a metal tube housing (18) having a metal wall (26) with an opening (28) and an inner surface (30), the inner surface (30) defining an inner cavity (32) of the housing (18) for accommodating an energy source, the handle (12) further comprising a switch assembly (24) for activating the energy source, the switch assembly (24) being accommodated in the opening (28) and sealing the opening (28) from the inner surface (30) of the metal wall (26), the switch assembly (24) comprising a hard switch component (20) and a soft switch component (22), the hard switch component (20) comprising a frame (34) with a recess (36), the frame (34) being attached to the inner surface (30) of the metal wall (26) thereby surrounding the opening (28) and providing an undercut (38) between the recess (36) and the inner surface (30), the undercut (38) being open to the opening (28), wherein the soft switch component (22) is positioned in the undercut (38) and covers at least partially the opening (28).