US 12,115,689 B2
Personal care devices and components
Anthony Ashcroft, San Francisco, CA (US); Joshua Funamura, Oakland, CA (US); Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US); Patrick Kessler, San Francisco, CA (US); Eugene Whang, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Wilson, Sonoma, CA (US); and Suhang Zhou, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Sincerely, Ltd. LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Sincerely Ltd. LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,188.
Application 18/232,188 is a division of application No. 17/351,174, filed on Jun. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,731,297.
Prior Publication US 2023/0381989 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B26B 19/38 (2006.01); B26B 19/06 (2006.01); B26B 19/40 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 19/3886 (2013.01) [B26B 19/06 (2013.01); B26B 19/40 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal care device, comprising:
a housing;
a functional assembly attached to the housing;
a motor disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the functional assembly to move one or more components of the functional assembly; and
a switch configured to move between at least two states, the at least two states including an on position wherein the motor is activated, and an off position wherein the motor is deactivated, wherein the switch is magnetically coupled to and moveably retained to the housing, wherein moving the switch from the on position requires a first force and wherein moving the switch from the off position requires a second force difference from first force,
wherein the switch includes at least three states including the on position, the off position, and a lock position, wherein the lock position requires more force to move the switch out of the lock position than a force required to move the switch out of the on position or out of the off position, wherein the switch includes a plurality of switch magnets mounted on or within an underside of the switch, wherein the housing includes a plurality of housing magnets disposed on or within the housing in a position configured to magnetically interact with one or more of the plurality of switch magnets in at least one of the states to magnetically couple the switch to the housing.