Claims
- 1. A shaving article for sensitive surfaces and curved body areas, the article comprising:
(a) an elongate handle having a free end and an opposite end; (b) a shank or neck portion integrally dependent, at one end thereof, from said opposite end of said handle, said neck and handle defining, in aggregate, a lever arm; and (c) a shaving head assembly transversely dependent from an opposite end of said neck, said assembly comprising a blade housing including means for holding and positioning a razor having a longitudinal dimension in a range of about 17 to about 23 millimeters, said shaving head assembly defining a rotated arm relative to said lever arm in which a ratio of length of said lever to rotated arms comprises a range of between about 3.5:1 to about 5.5:1.
- 2. The article as recited in claim 1 in which a preferred ratio of said lever to rotated arm is about 4.5 to 1.
- 3. The article as recited in claim 1 in which a preferred length of said razor is about 20 millimeters.
- 4. The article as recited in claim 1 in which an upper surface of said shaving head assembly, opposite to the surface dependent from said neck, comprises a curved surface.
- 5. The article as recited in claim 1 in which said razor comprises a double-sided blade.
- 6. The article as recited in claim 1 in which said razor comprises stacked multiple staggered blades.
- 7. The article as recited in claim 1 in which said razor comprises a replaceable cartridge element for holding said razor.
- 8. The article as recited in claim 1 in which a mass of said handle exceeds an aggregate mass of said shank and head assembly thereby positioning the center of gravity of the article lower within said handle thereof.
- 9. The article as recited in claim 1 in which said neck and handle define an aggregate length of between about 80 and 100 millimeters.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of Provisional application Ser. No. 60/236,339. filed Sep. 29, 2000, and the same is incorporated by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60236339 |
Sep 2000 |
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