	US 11,872,711 B2
	Lubricating member for razor cartridges
Alison Fiona Stephens, Maidenhead (GB); and Joia Kirin Spooner-Fleming, Jamaica Plain, MA (US)
Assigned to The Gillette Company LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by The Gillette Company LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on May 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/864,198.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,224, filed on May 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0353634 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. B26B 21/44 (2006.01); A61K 8/34 (2006.01); A61K 8/73 (2006.01); A61K 8/86 (2006.01); A61K 8/894 (2006.01); A61K 8/92 (2006.01); A61Q 9/02 (2006.01)

CPC B26B 21/443 (2013.01) [A61K 8/342 (2013.01); A61K 8/731 (2013.01); A61K 8/86 (2013.01); A61K 8/894 (2013.01); A61K 8/92 (2013.01); A61Q 9/02 (2013.01); A61K 2800/87 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A razor comprising:

a. a housing having a lubricating surface;

b. at least one blade with a blade tip, wherein said blade tip is exposed on said lubricating surface of the housing;

c. a lubricating member position on the lubricating surface of said housing, said lubricating member comprising a lubricating material comprising a mixture of a polyethylene oxide and a carboxymethyl cellulose, wherein said carboxymethyl cellulose forms at least one discreet particle of at least 95% carboxymethyl cellulose and the ratio of carboxymethyl cellulose to polyethylene oxide is in the range of 65:35 to 55:45.