Patent Application
20130213829
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of retainers for retaining a safety razor and with shaving blade cartridge attached to the handler so that the safety razor is in condition for immediate shaving use when it is removed from the container.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The following ten patents and published patent applications are relevant to the present invention.
1. U.S. Pat. No. 2,551,859 issued to Marcus C. Thompson on May 8, 1951 for “Razor Supporting Means” (hereafter the “Thompson Patent”);
2. U.S. Pat. No. 3,346,952 issued to Theodore J. Harris on Oct. 17, 1967 for “Safety Razor Holder and Case” (hereafter the “Harris Patent”);
3. U.S. Pat. No. 3,352,630 issued to George A. Fischer et al. on Nov. 14, 1967 for “Razor Sterilizer” (hereafter the “Fischer Patent”);
4. U.S. Pat. No. 5,615,858 issued to Gerald A. Sferruzza, Jr. on Apr. 1, 1997 for “Holder for Shaver” (hereafter the “Sferruzza Patent”);
5. U.S. Pat. No. 6,145,657 issued to Jerry Cox on Nov. 14, 2000 for “Storage Device For A Shaving Razor” (hereafter the “Cox Patent”);
6. United States Published Patent Application No. 2009/0056151 to Douglas Robert Kohring et al. published on Mar. 5, 2009 for “Razor Storage Case Having Cartridge Securing Supports” (hereafter the “'005615 Kohring Published Patent Application”);
7. United States Published Patent Application No. 2009/0057170 to Douglas Robert Kohring et al. published on Mar. 5, 2009 for “Razor Storage Case Having Mating Closure Members” (hereafter the “'0057170 Kohring Published Patent Application”);
8. United States Published Patent Application No. 2009/0172958 to John Prudden, Jr. et al. published on Jul. 9, 2009 for “Pivot Inhibiting Razor Storage Case” (hereafter the “Prudden Published Patent Application”);
9. United States Published Patent Application No. 2009/0183379 to Ryan Lawrence Johnson published on Jul. 23, 2009 for “Self Cleaning Blade Razor Holder” (hereafter the “Lawrence Published Patent Application”);
10. United States Published Patent Application No. 2009/0188816 to Ankur Purohit published on Jul. 30, 2009 for “Wet Razor Storage System and Container” (hereafter the “Purohit Published Patent Application”).
The Thompson Patent discloses a container for retaining a safety razor entirely within the container. This invention discloses the concept of having a spring biased container where the entire safety razor is entirely in the container as.
The Harris Patent discloses a safety razor holder and case. The device essentially is designed to retain the razor as best shown in FIG. 1. The outer corner 7 of the cavity is rounded to correspond generally with the forward surface of the razor head; while each inner corner 18 defines a shoulder 19 for engaging the corresponding inner surface 20 of the razor head.
The Fischer Patent discloses the concept of a case which entirely contains a safety razor within the case. Specifically, the patent discloses:
The Sferruzza Patent discloses a wall holder for an arced and handled shaving device. The device essentially has a cup as best illustrated in FIG. 1 which can be mounted on a wall with a safety razor retained within the cup.
The Cox Patent discloses a storage device for a shaving razor. In this respect the device is a container and the safety razor is within the container with a handle extending out of the container. A handle slot 6 capable of receiving a razor handle is formed in roof 27. In the preferred embodiment, the handle slot 6 is a centered slot as shown in FIG. 1.
The '0056151 Kohring Published Patent Application discloses:
The '0057170 Kohring Published Patent Application discloses a razor storage case having mating closure members. The patent discloses:
The Prudden Published Patent Application discloses:
The Johnson Published Patent Application discloses a self-cleaning razor blade holder. Specifically, the patent application discloses:
The Purohit Published Patent Application discloses a wet razor storage system and container. Specifically, the patent application discloses:
The present invention is a container that retains a razor blade cartridge within the container with a handle attached to the razor blade cartridge with the handle partially within the container and partially extending out of the container on an arcuate handle support base.
The container is a spring biased container to keep it closed and it is necessary to provide a force that overcomes the spring force and opens the container so that the handle and attached razor blade cartridge can be removed from the container which then snaps shut due to the closing spring force, the safety razor with razor blade cartridge and handle are ready for immediate use.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a spring biased closed sealed container which contains a spring biased mechanism on its rear to close the container. The container has an interior chamber in which is retained at least one razor blade cartridge attached to a handle which is partially within the container and partially extend out of the container, the safety razor retained in a manner so that the safety razor is ready for immediate use when the container is opened by a force which overcomes the closing spring force. The innovation is two-fold. First, the container is spring biased closed so that a handle for a multiplicity of safety razor blade cartridges can be retained with the pointed end of the blades facing downwardly and securely retained and remain in a sharp condition. Through overcoming the spring biasing force by pressing on the back of the container, the back of the cartridge is exposed and the a handle of a safety razor which is attached to the razor blade cartridge can then be removed so that the container can be closed after the razor blade cartridge and attached handle have been removed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a container which retains the razor blade cartridge and attached handle in an in use condition, so that the safety razor can be used for shaving purposes without having to hand touch the razor blades or the cartridges and accidently cut a finger.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an antiseptic pill container within the chamber so that the razor blade is kept free of germs and in a sanitary condition.
Further novel features and other objects of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, discussion and the appended claims, taken in conjunction with the drawings.
Referring particularly to the drawings for the purpose of illustration only and not limitation, there is illustrated:
Although specific embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings, it should be understood that such embodiments are by way of example only and merely illustrative of but a small number of the many possible specific embodiments which can represent applications of the principles of the present invention. Various changes and modifications obvious to one skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains are deemed to be within the spirit, scope and contemplation of the present invention as further defined in the appended claims.
The first eight figures illustrate the present invention retainer 10 in the closed condition without a safety razor blade cartridge and handle.
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The container further comprises a mating bottom section 40 which is a mirror image of the top section 20, the bottom section including an exterior bottom surface 42, a front end 44 with an opening 46 which constitutes a bottom half of a total front opening 38, a finger depression 48 on the exterior bottom surface 42 adjacent a rear end 50. The bottom section 40 has a rear wall 52 which extends upwardly from the bottom surface 42. The rear walls 34 and 52 are aligned and come together. The bottom surface 42 has a top circumferential rim 54. The top section 20 and bottom section 40 are aligned and conform in shape to form a total egg-shaped body with the top circumferential rim 36 and bottom circumferential rim 54 aligned. The front openings 26 an 46 are aligned to form a complete front opening 38. Therefore, the top section 20 and bottom section 40 are aligned to surround an interior chamber 60.
A spring biased opening and closing assembly 70 is affixed adjacent to the rear walls 34 and 52 at a location between a lower surface 18 of the rear end 28 of top section 20 and an upper surface 56 of the rear end 50 of bottom section 40. The lower surface 18 and upper surface 56 are aligned and are respectively at a location rearward from the rear walls 34 and 52. While a spring is the preferred closing means, other biasing closing members are also within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
The spring biased opening and closing assembly 70 comprises a first lower arcuate post 72 having a lower arcuate section 74 which is attached to the upper surface 56 of the rear end 50 of bottom section 40. It further comprises a parallel spaced apart second lower arcuate post 76 having a lower arcuate section 78 which is attached to the upper surface 56 of the rear end 50 of bottom section 40. First arcuate post 72 has an opening 80 and second arcuate post 76 has an opening 82. A first upper arcuate post 86 is attached to and extends downwardly from lower surface 18 of the rear end 28 of top section 20 and has an opening aligned with opening 80. A second parallel upper arcuate post 90 is attached to and extends downwardly from lower surface 18 of the rear end 28 of top section 20 and has an opening which is aligned with opening 82. The two upper arcuate posts 86 and 90 respectively lie just inside of the two lower arcuate posts 72 and 76.
A dowel 100 extends through the four openings 80, two other openings not shown and 82 and is supported by the four posts 72.86, 90, and 76. A bias spring 110 is wound around dowel 100 and has spring ends, of which a first spring end 102 rests against upper surface 18 of the rear end 28 of top section 20 and the second spring end 104 rests against the upper surface 56 of the rear end 50 of bottom section 40.
The bias spring 110 forces the top section 20 and bottom section 40 of the container 10 together so that the container is in the closed position. A squeezing force on the finger depressions 32 and 48 overcomes the bias spring closing force and forces the top section 20 away from the bottom section 40 with the dowel 100 acting as the fulcrum about which the top section 20 and bottom section 40 rotate.
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To use the safety razor, the container 10 is opened by a force to overcome the spring biasing closing force as previously described and when the container 10 is in the opened condition as illustrated in
The container 10 can be made out of material selected from the group consisting of plastic polyethylene and metal.
Of course the present invention is not intended to be restricted to any particular form or arrangement, or any specific embodiment, or any specific use, disclosed herein, since the same may be modified in various particulars or relations without departing from the spirit or scope of the claimed invention hereinabove shown and described of which the apparatus or method shown is intended only for illustration and disclosure of an operative embodiment and not to show all of the various forms or modifications in which this invention might be embodied or operated.
