US 12,434,399 B2
Razor assembly with loop shaped spring member
Kelly Daniel Bridges, Randolph, MA (US); Steven Michael Bourque, Billerica, MA (US); Marco Fontecchio, Framingham, MA (US); Aiqin Li, Foxboro, MA (US); Matthew Frank Murgida, Somerville, MA (US); and Jessy Lee Cusack, Attleboro, MA (US)
Assigned to The Gillette Company LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by The Gillette Company LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/368,427.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/650,286, filed on Mar. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0366573 A1, Dec. 5, 2019
Int. Cl. B26B 21/40 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 21/4075 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A razor comprising a loop shaped spring member, the loop shaped spring member disposed in an assembly with a movable member, the assembly with the movable member comprising of an ejection button designed to travel forward towards a cartridge a distance from about 2.5 mm to about 10 mm, wherein said loop shaped spring member comprises a flat wire, wherein said loop shaped spring member comprises a diameter that extends in a plane parallel to a longitudinal axis of said assembly with said movable member, wherein said loop shaped spring member is fully encompassed within said assembly with said movable member, wherein said loop shaped spring member is disposed within a track, wherein the track is a circular shape, wherein said loop shaped spring member comprises two end portions, each of said end portions having a respective free distal end, wherein said distal ends are not joined together, and wherein said end portions of said loop shaped spring member overlap forming an overlapping portion.