Claims
- 1. An electric dry shaver for providing improved cutting of long hair and short hair comprising:A. a housing comprising a trimmer receiving and holding zone formed therein; B. at least one arcuately curved, apertured foil member removably mounted to the housing; C. at feast one cutting blade assembly securely mounted with the housing for reciprocating movement relative thereto and cooperatively associated with said arcuately curved foil member for contacting engagement with one surface of said foil member; D. a trimmer assembly a. mounted to the receiving and holding zone of the housing for cooperative association with the apertured foil member, b. incorporating cutting blades for providing cutting of hair fibers, c. adjustably movable relative to the apertured foil member between three alternate positions, and d. responsive to the movement of an activation switch for being selectively movable from a first stored position, wherein the cutting blades are below the apertured foil member, directly into either a second intercept position, wherein the cutting blades are co-extensively aligned with the apertured foil member, or a third trim position, wherein the cutting blades are spaced above the apertured foil member; E. an activation switch controllably interconnected with the trimmer assembly for initiation of movement of the trimmer assembly into its alternate positions, said switch having three alternate positions and being; a. movable from a central position in opposite directions into two alternate positions, and b. spring biased to return to its central position after movement into either of its alternate positions; and F. a movement control system cooperatively associated with the activation switch for controllably moving the trimmer assembly from its first position to its second position in response to the movement of the activation switch from its central position in a first direction and controllably moving the trimmer assembly from its first position to its third position in response to the movement of the activation switch from its central position in a second direction and comprising a. an elongated, generally, rectangular shaped, recessed zone formed on an outside surface of the trimmer assembly, said recessed zone comprising 1. a ledge centrally positioned, extending from said recessed zone near the upper end thereof, and 2. an elongated ridge extending from said recessed zone near the lower end thereof, vertically below said ledge, and comprising an elongated length extending to one side of said recessed zone; and b. a lever member incorporating a position locking pin and being controllably connected to said activation switch for moving in response to the movement to the activation switch, whereby the locking pin is engageable and disengageable with the ledge and the ridge of said recessed zone for controlling the movement of the trimmer assembly; whereby a shaver system is obtained which is capable of enabling users to select a desired position for the trimmer assembly and actively control the movement of the trimmer assembly directly into the desired location.
- 2. An electric dry shaver for providing improved cutting of long hair and short hair comprising:A. a housing comprising a trimmer receiving and holding zone formed therein; B. at least one arcuately curved, apertured foil member removably mounted to the housing; C. at least one cutting blade assembly securely mounted with the housing for reciprocating movement relative thereto and cooperatively associated with said arcuately curved foil member for contacting engagement with one surface of said foil member; D. a trimmer assembly a. mounted to the receiving and holding zone of the housing for cooperative association with the apertured foil member, b. incorporating cutting blades for providing cutting of hair fibers, c. adjustably movable relative to the apertured foil member between three alternate positions, d. responsive to the movement of an activation switch for being selectively movable from a first stored position, wherein the cutting blades are below the apertured foil member, directly into either a second intercept position, wherein the cutting blades are co-extensively aligned with the apertured foil member, or a third trim position, wherein the cutting blades are spaced above the apertured foil member; and e. comprising a first housing member and a second housing member cooperatively associated with the first housing member and movable relation thereto; E. an activation switch controllably interconnected with the trimmer assembly for initiation of movement of the trimmer assembly into its alternate positions, said switch having three alternate positions and being: a. movable from a central position in opposite directions into two alternate positions, and b. spring biased to return to its central position after movement into either of its alternate positions; and F. a movement control system cooperatively associated with the activation switch for controllably moving the trimmer assembly from its first position to its second position in response to the movement of the activation switch from its central position in a first direction and controllably moving the trimmer assembly from its first position to its third position in response to the movement of the activation switch from its central position in a second direction and comprising a. a first ledge on an inside surface of said second housing member near an upper end thereof and constructed for defining the first position of the trimmer assembly, b. a second ledge formed on the inside surface of said second housing member below said first ledge and vertically aligned therewith, and c. a third ledge formed on the inside surface of said second housing member, horizontally aligned with the second ledge, and defining the second position of the trimmer assembly in combination with the second ledge; whereby a shaver system is obtained which is capable of enabling users to select a desired position for the trimmer assembly and actively control the movement of the trimmer assembly directly into the desired location.
- 3. An electric dry shaver for providing improved cutting of long hair and short hair comprising:A. a housing comprising a trimmer receiving and holding zone formed therein; B. at least one arcuately curved, apertured foil member removably mounted to the housing; C. at least one cutting blade assembly securely mounted with the housing for reciprocating movement relative thereto and cooperatively associated with said arcuately curved foil member for contacting engagement with one surface of said foil member; D. a trimmer assembly a. mounted to the receiving and holding zone of the housing for cooperative association with the apertured foil member, b. incorporating cutting blades for providing cutting of hair fibers, c. adjustably movable relative to the apertured foil member between three alternate positions, and d. responsive to the movement of an activation switch for being selectively movable from a first stored position, wherein the cutting blades are below the apertured foil member, directly into either a second intercept position, wherein the cutting blades are co-extensively aligned with the apertured foil member, or a third trim position, wherein the cutting blades are spaced above the apertured foil member; E. an activation switch controllably interconnected with the trimmer assembly for initiation of movement of the trimmer assembly into its alternate positions, said switch having three alternate positions and being; a. movable from a central position in opposite directions into two alternate positions, and b. spring biased to return to its central position after movement into either of its alternate positions; and F. a movement control system cooperatively associated with the activation switch for controllably moving the trimmer assembly from its first position to its second position in response to the movement of the activation switch from its central position in a first direction and controllably moving the trimmer assembly from its first position to its third position in response to the movement of the activation switch from its central position in a second direction; whereby a shaver system is obtained which is capable of enabling users to select a desired position for the trimmer assembly and actively control the movement of the trimmer assembly directly into the desired location.
- 4. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 3, wherein the movement control system is defined as comprising,a. an elongated, generally, rectangular shaped, recessed zone formed on an outside surface of the trimmer assembly, said recessed zone comprising 1. a ledge centrally positioned, extending from said recessed zone near the upper end thereof, and 2. an elongated ridge extending from said recessed zone near the lower end thereof, vertically below said ledge, and comprising an elongated length extending to one side of said recessed zone; and b. a lever member incorporating a position locking pin and being controllably connected to said activation switch for moving in response to the movement to the activation switch, whereby the locking pin is engageable and disengageable with the ledge and the ridge of said recessed zone for controlling the movement of the trimmer assembly.
- 5. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 4, wherein said activation switch comprises an elongated arm member engageable with the lever member of the movement control system for causing the lever member to move in response to movement of the activation switch and to return to its original position in response to movement of the activation switch to its central position, whereby said lever member and its associative locking pin are automatically self-centering.
- 6. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 3, wherein the trimmer assembly is further defined as comprising a first housing member and a second housing member cooperatively associated with the first housing member and constructed for being movable relative thereto, and said movement control system of said trimmer assembly is defined as comprising;a. a first ledge formed on an inside surface of said second housing member near an upper end thereof and constructed for defining the first position of the trimmer assembly, b. a second ledge formed on the inside surface of said second housing member below said first ledge and vertically aligned therewith, and c. a third ledge formed on the inside surface of said second housing member, horizontally aligned with the second ledge, and defining the second position of the trimmer assembly in combination with the second ledge.
- 7. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 6, wherein said movement control system further comprises a pair of finger members movably mounted between said first housing member and said second housing member, and comprising hook means formed at the terminating edges thereof for cooperative, locking engagement with the ledges of the second housing member.
- 8. An electric dry shaver for providing improved cutting of long hair and short hair comprising:A. a housing; B. at least one arcuately curved, apertured foil member removably mounted to the housing; C. at least one cutting blade assembly securely mounted with the housing for reciprocating movement relative thereto and cooperatively associated with said arcuately curved foil member for contacting engagement with one surface of said foil member; D. a trimmer assembly a. mounted to the housing for cooperative association with the apertured foil member, b. incorporating cutting blades for providing cutting of hair fibers, c. adjustably movable relative to the apertured foil member between three alternate positions, and d. responsive to the movement of an actuating switch for being 1. selectively movable from a first stored position, wherein the cutting blades are below the apertured foil member, directly into a second intercept position, wherein the cutting blades are co-extensively aligned with the apertured foil member, and 2. selectively movable from the first stored position directly into a third trim position, wherein the cutting blades are spaced above the apertured foil member, said movement being achieved automatically by movement in a single, continuous, non-stop travel path; and E. an activation switch comprising three alternate positions and controllably interconnected with the trimmer assembly for controlling the movement of the trimmer assembly into its alternate positions; whereby a shaver system is obtained which is capable of enabling users to select a desired position for the trimmer assembly and actively control the movement of the trimmer assembly directly into the desired location.
- 9. An electric dry shaver for providing improved cutting of long hair and short hair comprising:A. a housing; B. at least one arcuately curved, apertured foil member removably mounted to the housing; C. at least one cutting blade assembly securely mounted with the housing for reciprocating movement relative thereto and cooperatively associated with said arcuately curved foil member for contacting engagement with one surface of said foil member; D. a trimmer assembly a. mounted to the housing for cooperative association with the apertured foil member, b. incorporating cutting blades for providing cutting of hair fibers, c. adjustably movable relative to the apertured foil member between three alternate positions, and d. responsive to the movement of an actuating switch for being selectively movable from a first stored position, wherein the cutting blades are below the apertured foil member, directly into either a second intercept position, wherein the cutting blades are co-extensively aligned with the apertured foil member, or a third trim position, wherein the cutting blades are spaced above the apertured foil member; and E. an activation switch comprising three alternate positions and controllably interconnected with the trimmer assembly for controlling the movement of the trimmer assembly into its alternate positions and being a. movable from a central position in opposite directions into two alternate positions, and b. spring biased to return to its central position after movement into either of its alternate positions whereby a shaver system is obtained which is capable of enabling users to select a desired position for the trimmer assembly and actively control the movement of the trimmer assembly directly into the desired location.
- 10. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 9, wherein said housing is further defined as comprising a trimmer assembly receiving and holding zone integrally formed therein, and said trimmer assembly is further defined as comprising a housing member mounted in said receiving and holding zone for movement relative thereto.
- 11. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 10, wherein said trimmer assembly is further defined as cooperating with spring means continuously biasing the trimmer assembly upwardly and comprising a movement control system cooperatively associated with the activation switch for controllably moving the trimmer assembly from its first position to its second position in response to the movement of the activation switch from its central position in a first direction and controllably moving the trimmer assembly from its first position to its third position in response to the movement of the activation switch from its central position in a second direction.
- 12. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 11, wherein the movement control system of said trimmer assembly is further defined as being cooperatively associated with the activation switch for moving the trimmer assembly from its second position to its third position in response to the movement of the activation switch from its first position to its third position.
- 13. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 12, wherein the housing member of the trimmer assembly is further defined as being arcuately curved and the receiving and holding zone of the shaver is arcuately curved for receiving and retaining the housing member therein, whereby movement of said trimmer assembly relative to the receiving zone is along the arcuate path defined thereby, thereby placing the cutting blades of the trimmer assembly in close, juxtaposed, spaced relationship to the apertured foil member.
- 14. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 11, wherein the movement control system is defined as comprising,a. an elongated, generally, rectangular shaped, recessed zone formed on the housing member of the trimmer assembly, said recessed zone comprising 1. a ledge centrally positioned, extending from said recessed zone near the upper end thereof, and 2. an elongated ridge extending from said recessed zone near the lower end thereof, vertically below said ledge, and comprising an elongated length extending to one side of said recessed zone; and b. a lever member incorporating a position locking pin and being controllably connected to said activation switch for moving in response to the movement to the activation switch, whereby the locking pin is engageable and disengageable with the ledge and the ridge of said recessed zone for controlling the movement of the trimmer assembly.
- 15. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 14, wherein said activation switch comprises an elongated arm member engageable with the lever member of the movement control system for causing the lever member to move in response to movement of the activation switch and to return to its original position in response to movement of the activation switch to its central position, whereby said lever member and its associative locking pin are automatically self-centering.
- 16. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 11, wherein the trimmer assembly is further defined as comprising a first housing member and a second housing member cooperatively associated with the first housing member and constructed for being movable relative thereto, and said movement control system of said trimmer assembly is defined as comprising;a. a first ledge formed on an inside surface of said second housing member near an upper end thereof and constructed for defining the first position of the trimmer assembly, b. a second ledge formed on the inside surface of said second housing member below said first ledge and vertically aligned therewith, and c. a third ledge formed on the inside surface of said second housing member, horizontally aligned with the second ledge, and defining the second position of the trimmer assembly in combination with the second ledge.
- 17. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 16, wherein said movement control system further comprises a pair of first and second finger members movably mounted between said first housing member and said second housing member, and comprising hook means formed at the terminating edges thereof for cooperative, locking engagement with the ledges of the second housing member.
- 18. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 17, wherein said finger members are spring biased for maintaining engagement with the ledges of the second housing member and responsive to an activation force for being disengaged from said ledges.
- 19. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 18, wherein said movement control system further comprises holding means cooperatively associated with the first housing member and the second housing member for maintaining the housing members in the third, fully extended position whenever the finger members are disengaged from the ledges.
- 20. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 19, wherein said activation switch comprises elongated, rearwardly extending pin members positioned for contacting the finger members and controllably moving the finger members in response to movement of the activation switch.
- 21. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 20, wherein the first finger member is constructed for independent movement in response to movement of the activation switch in its first direction and both the first finger member and the second finger member are constructed for simultaneous movement in response to movement of the activation switch in its second direction.
- 22. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 21, wherein the second finger member incorporates an enlarged plate integrally attached thereto and constructed for overlaying engagement with the first finger member, thereby assuring movement of the first finger member simultaneously with movement of the second finger member.
- 23. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 21, wherein each of the ledges is further defined as comprising a substantially flat top surface and a sloping, ramped side surface extending from the terminating edge of the top surface to the inside surface of the second housing member, thereby providing camming engagement with movable arm members when the trimmer assembly is returned from the third position or second position to its first position.
- 24. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 23, wherein said trimmer assembly is returned to its original position by manual movement of the housing member.
- 25. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 23, wherein a slider plate incorporates an elongated drive pin engaging channel constructed for receiving the drive pin and moving the slider plate in response to movement of the drive pin, also incorporating an enlarged open zone at one end thereof, constructed for cooperating with the drive pin when the trimmer assembly is in its first, stored position, whereby movement of the drive pin does not effect movement of the cutting blades.
- 26. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 11, wherein said trimmer assembly is further defined as comprising a first, cutting blade fixedly mounted to the housing member and a second cutting blade movably mounted to the housing member in cooperative, sliding, interengaged relationship with the first cutting blade, said second cutting blade being controllably movable by a slider plate constructed for being responsive to the movement of a motor controlled drive pin.
- 27. The electric dry shaver defined in claim 11, wherein said housing member is capable of vertical movement when in the second, intercept position, thereby providing floating, movable flexibility to the cutting blades thereof.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/231,407, filed Sep. 8,2000 entitled SHAVING SYSTEMS AND ADJUSTABLE TRIMMERS THEREFOR.
US Referenced Citations (11)
Provisional Applications (1)
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