Claims
- 1. A razor head comprising;
a blade seat member having a seat body, a seat blade mounted in fixed position on said blade seat member and having an unobstructed cutting edge spaced from said seat body, and a guard assembly for controlling skin flow and limiting the degree of blade cutting edge exposure to skin being shaved including a plurality of discrete spaced apart guard elements carried by and projecting in cantilever position from said blade seat, said guard elements having free end portions disposed at spaced intervals along and in forwardly spaced relation to said cutting edge and configured for smooth engagement with the skin.
- 2. A razor head as set forth in claim 1, wherein said guard elements are formed on said seat body and comprise integral parts of said blade seat.
- 3. A razor head as set forth in claim 1, wherein said free end portions are further characterized as enlarged end portions.
- 4. A razor head as set forth in claim 3, wherein said enlarged end portions are further characterized as parti-cylindrical end portions disposed in axially parallel relation to said cutting edge.
- 5. A razor head as set forth in claim 4, wherein said parti-cylindrical end positions are coaxially aligned with each other.
- 6. A razor head as set forth in claim 3, wherein said enlarged end portions are further characterized as parti-spherical end portions.
- 7. A razor head as set forth in claim 3, wherein said enlarged end portions are further characterized as generally wedge shaped portions having side walls converging rearwardly and toward said cutting edge.
- 8. A razor head as set forth in claim 1, wherein said razor head is further characterized as a detachable blade cartridge.
- 9. A razor head comprising;
a blade support including a support body having an upwardly facing seating surface, a seat blade supported on said seating surface and having a rectilinear longitudinally extending first cutting edge spaced forwardly of said support body, a spacer supported on said seat blade and including a spacer body spaced rearwardly of said first edge, a second blade supported on said spacer above said seat blade and having a rectilinear longitudinally extending second cutting edge parallel to said first cutting edge and spaced forwardly of said spacer body and rearwardly of said first cutting edge, and a guard assembly for limiting the degree of blade cutting edge exposure to skin being shaved including a first longitudinally extending in-line array of discrete spaced apart guard elements carried by said blade support and projecting forwardly in cantilever position from said blade support body in downwardly spaced relation to said seat blade and terminated by end portions spaced forwardly of said first cutting edge and configured for smooth engagement with skin being shaved, and a second in-line array of discrete spaced apart guard elements carried by said spacer and projecting forwardly in cantilever position from said spacer body in downwardly spaced relation to said second blade and terminated by end portions spaced forwardly of said second cutting edge and rearwardly of said first cutting edge and configured for smooth engagement with the skin, said cutting edge of said first blade and said cutting edge of said second blade being unobstructed along the entire cutting lengths thereof.
- 10. A razor head as set forth in claim 9, wherein said guard elements are integrally connected to said blade support and said spacer, respectively, and comprise integral parts thereof.
- 11. A razor head as set forth in claim 9, wherein said end portions comprise enlarged end portions.
- 12. A razor head as set forth in claim 11, wherein said enlarged end portions are parti-cylindrical and coaxially aligned with each other.
- 13. A razor head as set forth in claim 12, wherein said parti-cylindrical and portions are axially parallel to said first cutting edge and said second cutting edge.
- 14. A razor head as set forth in claim 11, wherein said enlarged end portions are parti-spherical.
- 15. A razor head as set forth in claim 11, wherein said enlarged end portions have a wedge shaped configurations and include rearwardly converging sidewalls.
- 16. A razor head as set forth with claim 9, wherein said guard element carried by said blade support are arranged in alternate series with said guard elements carried by said spacer.
- 17. A razor head as set forth in claim 9, wherein each of said guard elements carried by said spacer is transversely aligned with an associated one of said guard elements carried by said blade support.
- 18. A razor head as set forth in claim 9, wherein said razor head comprises a detachable blade cartridge.
- 19. A razor head as set forth in claim 9, wherein said guard elements of said first and second in-line arrays have differently shaped end portions.
- 20. A razor head as set forth claim 9, wherein said guard elements of said first and second in-line arrays have variable pitch.
- 21. A razor head as set forth in claim 9, wherein said guard elements of at least one of the arrays including said first and second arrays change in shape from one end of said cartridge to the other end of said cartridge.
- 22. A razor head as set forth in claim 21, wherein said guard elements of both said first and second arrays change in shape from one end of said cartridge to the other end of said cartridge.
- 23. A razor head comprising;
a plurality of members including a blade seat member and at least one spacer member, at least two blades, each of said blades being supported on a respectively associated one of said numbers and having an unobstructed cutting edge spaced from said associated one of said members, each of said blades being separated from another of said blades by a respectively associated one of said spacer members, and a guard assembly for controlling skin flow and limiting the degree of blade cutting edge exposure to skin being shaved and including a plurality of discrete spaced apart guard elements carried by and projecting in cantilever position from said each of said members, said guard elements having free end portions disposed at spaced intervals along and in forwardly spaced relation to each said cutting edge and configured for smooth engagement with the skin.
- 24. A razor head as set forth in claim 23 wherein said razor head includes at least three blades.
- 25. A razor head as set forth in claim 24 wherein said razor head has four blades.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is entitled to the benefit of and incorporates by reference essential subject matter disclosed in Provisional Patent Application No. 60/444,780 filed on Feb. 4, 2003.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60444780 |
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