US 11,235,486 C1 (13,044th)
Razor with cutting blade rotatable about multiple axes
Thomas J. Bucco, Setauket, NY (US)
Filed by Thomas J. Bucco, Setauket, NY (US)
Assigned to Sphere USA, LLC
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,308, Oct. 6, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,235,486, issued Feb. 1, 2022, Appl. No. 15/849,118, Dec. 20, 2017.
Application 90/015,308 is a continuation of application No. 14/266,913, filed on May 1, 2014, granted, now 9,889,572.
Application 14/266,913 is a continuation of application No. 13/030,752, filed on Feb. 18, 2011, granted, now 8,720,072.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/372,662, filed on Aug. 11, 2010.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Sep. 30, 2025.
Int. Cl. B26B 21/52 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 21/521 (2013.01) [B26B 21/522 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-20 is confirmed.
New claims 21-29 are added and determined to be patentable.
1. A personal grooming apparatus, comprising:
a handle having a gripping portion and an attachment portion, the attachment portion including a pivot member having an at least partially spheroid portion; and
a cartridge supporting at least one cutting blade;
wherein rotation of the cartridge is enabled by retention of the pivot member between spaced-apart ends of two opposed legs, the pivot member of the attachment portion pivotably held between the spaced-apart ends of the two opposed legs; and
a stop extending outward from the at least partially spheroid portion of the pivot member and configured to limit rotation of the cartridge when the cartridge is mounted on the attachment portion;
wherein the stop is configured to limit rotation of the cartridge by interacting with a relief portion of at least one of the two opposed legs.
[ 21. The personal grooming apparatus of claim 7, wherein the holes formed in the two opposed legs are through holes.]
[ 22. The personal grooming apparatus of claim 7, wherein the holes formed in the two opposed legs do not entirely perforate the two opposed legs.]
[ 23. The personal grooming apparatus of claim 1, further comprising another stop extending outward from the at least partially spheroid portion of the pivot member and configured to further limit rotation of the cartridge when the cartridge is mounted on the attachment portion.]
[ 24. The razor handle of claim 10, wherein the at least partially spheroid portion of the pivot member is pivotably held between through holes formed in the two opposed legs.]
[ 25. The razor handle of claim 10, wherein the at least partially spheroid portion of the pivot member is pivotably held between holes formed in the two opposed legs, and wherein the holes do not entirely perforate the two opposed legs.]
[ 26. The razor handle of claim 10, further comprising another stop protruding from the surface of the at least partially spheroid portion of the pivot member and configured to limit rotation of the pivot member.]
[ 27. The razor of claim 16, wherein the two opposed legs have respective through holes formed therein, and wherein the at least partially spheroid portion of the pivot member is pivotably held between the through holes formed in the two opposed legs.]
[ 28. The razor of claim 16, wherein the two opposed legs have respective holes formed therein, wherein the holes do not entirely perforate the two opposed legs, and wherein the at least partially spheroid portion of the pivot member is pivotably held between the holes formed in the two opposed legs.]
[ 29. The razor of claim 16, further comprising another stop protruding from the surface of the at least partially spheroid portion of the pivot member and configured to limit rotation of the cartridge when the cartridge is mounted on the attachment portion.]