US 11,919,183 B2
Razor cartridge
Charalampos Schizas, Anoixi (GR); Nikolaos Chatzigrigoriou, Anoixi (GR); Maria Petratou, Anoixi (GR); Christos Ampatis, Anoixi (GR); Dimitris Sioulas, Anoixi (GR); Maria Mitzelou, Anoixi (GR); Nikolaos Ovvadias, Anoixi (GR); Vasileios Papachristos, Anoixi (GR); George Kanakaris, Anoixi (GR); Thomas Brette, Saint Germain en Laye (FR); Alexander Nicholas Bourque, Dartmouth (CA); and Nikolaos Chrysanthakopoulos, Anoixi (GR)
Assigned to BIC Violex Single Member S.A., Anoixi (GR); and SOCIETE BIC, Clichy (FR)
Appl. No. 17/294,107
Filed by Bic Violex S.A., Anoixi (GR); and Société BIC, Clichy (FR)
PCT Filed Nov. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/083071
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/109543, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/773,747, filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 19206591 (EP), filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009114 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B26B 21/40 (2006.01); B26B 21/22 (2006.01); B26B 21/56 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 21/4012 (2013.01) [B26B 21/227 (2013.01); B26B 21/4087 (2013.01); B26B 21/565 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge for a razor, the cartridge comprising:
at least one blade; and
at least one first blade support configured to attach the at least one blade to the cartridge,
wherein the first blade support includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, a first optical feature provided on one or more of the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion,
wherein the at least one blade is secured to a surface of the third portion that is opposite to a skin-facing surface of the third portion of the first blade support,
wherein the at least one blade is provided in a housing of the cartridge, partially exposed through an opening of the housing such that the first optical feature is also partially exposed through the opening, and
wherein the first optical feature comprises a laser-marked portion.