US 12,202,158 B2
Coupling mechanism
Panagiotis Kopelas, Anoixi (GR); Dimitrios Efthimiadis, Anoixi (GR); and Nikolaos Chatzigrigoriou, Anoixi (GR)
Assigned to BIC Violex Single Member S.A., Anoixi (GR)
Appl. No. 17/995,040
Filed by BIC Violex Single Member S.A., Anoixi (GR)
PCT Filed Feb. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/054455
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/197714, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20166674 (EP), filed on Mar. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0143109 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B26B 21/52 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 21/521 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coupling mechanism for engaging and disengaging a shaving cartridge of a shaving device, the coupling mechanism comprising:
a first coupling element having one or more first engagement surfaces configured to pivot about a pivot axis, the pivot axis being located external to the coupling mechanism;
a second coupling element including one or more second engagement surfaces configured to contact the one or more first engagement surfaces, the second coupling element being capable of moving in a first direction from a first position to a second position and in a second direction from the second position to the first position;
a third coupling element configured to support the first coupling element and the second coupling element,
a stop positioned inwardly of the first coupling element configured to impede pivoting of the first coupling element; and
wherein the stop impedes pivoting of the first coupling element when the second coupling element is in the first position and the stop no longer impedes movement of the first coupling element when the second coupling element is in the second position.