| US 7,540,087 B2 | ||
| Shaving razor | ||
| Stephen Leonard Rawle, Newbury (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to The Gillette Company, Boston, Mass. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/486,641. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0010833 A1, Jan. 17, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B26B 21/22 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 30—34.1 [30/34.05; 30/50] | 9 Claims |
| 7. A shaving razor comprising
a housing, said housing comprising a plurality of shaving blades, said shaving blades comprising a shaving blade edge facing
in a first direction;
a separate trimming blade located in said housing, said trimming blade having a trimming blade edge, said housing visually
concealing said trimming blade edge, said trimming blade edge facing in a second direction different from said first direction;
a trimming blade alignment member on said housing for aligning the trimming blade edge which is visually concealed by said
housing on a user's skin for accurate shaving with said trimming blade; and
wherein skin contact surfaces are provided on the housing for contact with the skin in front of and behind the trimming blade
during the performance of a shaving stroke, and the trimming blade alignment member extends substantially perpendicular to
a plane tangential to the skin contact surfaces and substantially intersects a blade edge position projected longitudinally
of the trimming blade edge.
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