Safety razor

Claim 2

A safety razor comprising a handle, a shaving head pivotally mounted on the handle freely rockable thereon and having spaced surfaces inclined at an angle to each other, each inclined surface having a cutting edge facing the cutting edge of the other surface in spaced relation thereto so that, when the razor is applied to the surface to be shaved and moved in either direction, one cutting edge acts as a guide to hold the other cutting edge at a proper cutting angle to shave hair from the skin in the space therebetween.

Claim 3

A safety razor in accordance with claim 1 wherein said cutting edges and at least a portion of said inclined surfaces are formed from replaceable razor blades.

Claim 4

A safety razor in accordance with claim 1 further comprising biasing means for positioning said head relative to said handle while yieldably permitting pivoting of said head when in use.

Claim 5

A safety razor in accordance with claim 3 wherein said biasing means is a loop strip of light spring metal mounted on said handle and pressing on the underside of said head.

Claim 6

A safety razor in accordance with claim 1 wherein the space between said cutting edges is unobstructed.

Claim 7

A safety razor in accordance with claim 2 further comprising means for adjustably setting the spacing between the cutting edges of said blades.

Claim 8

A safety razor comprising a handle having spaced arms at one end, a blade carrier having oppositely inclined surfaces with a space therebetween and pivot pins projecting from the ends of the blade carrier in a medial plane between the surfaces, said pivot pins projecting through holes in the spaced arms of the handle to mount the blade carrier for free rocking movement thereon, the pivot pins being located below the apex of the oppositely inclined surfaces of the blade carrier, a blade for each surface, and means for detachably mounting one blade on eaCh surface with its cutting edge facing the cutting edge of the blade on the oppositely inclined surface, the edges of said blades being spaced from each other so that the edges of the blades contact the skin and tilt the blade carrier so as to position each blade at a proper cutting position, and each blade guiding the edge of the other blade when moved in either direction.

Claim 9

A safety razor comprising a handle having spaced arms at one end, a blade carrier having oppositely inclined surfaces with a space therebetween and pivot pins projecting from the ends of the blade carrier in a medial plane between the surfaces, said pivot pins projecting through holes in the spaced arms of the handle to mount the blade carrier for free rocking movement thereon, the pivot pins being located below the apex of the oppositely inclined surfaces of the blade carrier, a blade for each surface, and means for detachably mounting one blade on eaCh surface with its cutting edge facing the cutting edge of the blade on the oppositely inclined surface, the edges of said blades being spaced from each other so that the edges of the blades contact the skin and tilt the blade carrier so as to position each blade at a proper cutting position, and each blade guiding the edge of the other blade when moved in either direction.

Claim 10

A safety razor in accordance with claim 2 in which the total included angle between the blades is greater than 90*.

Claim 11

A safety razor in accordance with claim 8 wherein the space between said cutting edges is about 0.03 inch and said blades are set at an angle of about 130* to each other.

Claim 12

A safety razor in accordance with claim 1 wherein said head is pivoted on said handle about an axis parallel to said cutting edges closely below the apex of the angle formed between said surfaces.

Claim 13

A safety razor comprising a handle, a shaving head pivotally mounted on the handle to rock freely thereon to follow the contour of the surface of the body to be shaved, and said head having at least one cutting edge and a guide cooperating with and so spaced from the cutting edge as to hold the latter at a proper cutting angle to the surface of the body to shave hair from the surface in the space between it and the guide without cutting into the surface.

Claim 14

A safety razor comprising a handle, a shaving head pivotally mounted on the handle to rock freely thereon to follow the contour of the surface of the body to be shaved, and said head having at least one cutting edge and a guide cooperating with and so spaced from the cutting edge as to hold the latter at a proper cutting angle to the surface of the body to shave hair from the surface in the space between it and the guide without cutting into the surface.

Claim 15

A safety razor in accordance with claim 11 wherein said head is pivoted on said handle about an axis parallel to and within an area closely adjacent to said space between said cutting edge and said guide.

Claim 16

A safety razor comprising a handle, a blade carrier mounted to be freely rockable on the handle, means on said carrier to support and position a plurality of replaceable blades, said blade carrier constructed to mount said blades such that the shaving edges of a pair of said blades face one another and are spaced apart sufficiently for a ridge of skin to be pressed between the edges and further to mount said blades at an angle relative to each other such that when one blade is drawn flatly across the skin acting as a guard and guide for the cutting edge of the other facing blade the latter is positioned so as to produce the proper shaving angle therefor.

Claim 17

A safety razor comprising a handle, a blade carrier mounted to be freely rockable on the handle, means on said carrier to support and position a plurality of replaceable blades, said blade carrier constructed to mount said blades such that the shaving edges of a pair of said blades face one another and are spaced apart sufficiently for a ridge of skin to be pressed between the edges and further to mount said blades at an angle relative to each other such that when one blade is drawn flatly across the skin acting as a guard and guide for the cutting edge of the other facing blade the latter is positioned so as to produce the proper shaving angle therefor.