Blade cartridge storage cap and razor holder

Claim 2

A cap for enclosing a shaving cream can constructed to accommodate a plurality of blade cartridges and a blade cartridge razor, comprising in combination, a cap adapted for removable positioning atop the shaving cream can, said cap being formed by a peripheral side wall and having a closed top and an open bottom, said cap including at least one holding means formed integrally therewith for removably holding a blade cartridge therein, said holding means being formed by a vertically extending lock slot formed in said peripheral side wall, said slot having a closed bottom and open top, said open top formed as a cut-away portion in said top of said cap such that a blade cartridge may be vertically positioned within said slot through said cut-away open top end thereof, and said blade cartridge may be removably positioned within said vertically extending slot, said peripheral side wall of said cap being further provided with retention means formed integrally therewith for retaining a blade cartridge razor in disengageable engagement therein, and said cap including said holding means and said retention means being entirely removable from the shaving cream can while simultaneously adapted to hold said blade cartridge and retain said blade cartridge razor when in a removed position.

Claim 3

The cap as set forth in claim 1 above, which further includes a plurality of said holding means formed integrally therewith to accommodate a plurality of the blade cartridges, one of the blade cartridges positioned in each of said holding means.

Claim 4

The cap as set forth in claim 1 above, wherein said vertically extending slot is formed in the configuration of the blade cartridge, and having an overall interior dimension slightly in excess of the exterior dimension of the blade cartridge, whereby the blade cartridge is removably positionable within said vertically extending slot.

Claim 5

The cap as set forth in claim 1 above, wherein said retention means comprises as elongate slot formed in said peripheral side wall and extending along a line parallel to the tangential plane of said peripheral side wall and said peripheral side wall further including cooperating engagement means positioned in cooperative relation with said elongate slot to facilitate the retention and removable engagement of a blade cartridge razor on said cap, whereby the blade cartridge carried by the blade cartridge razor is positionable within said elongate slot and the handle portion of the blade cartridge razor is removably positionable in said cooperating engagement means.

Claim 6

The cap as set forth in claim 4 above, wherein said cooperating engagement means comprises a pair of spaced apart lugs mounted on said peripheral side wall and extending laterally outwardly therefrom, said pair of lugs being positioned below said elongate slot and in cooperative relation therewith, whereby the blade cartridge carried by the blade cartridge razor is positionable in said elongate slot, and the handle portion of the blade cartridge razor is removably positionable within and between said pair of spaced apart lugs.

Claim 7

A cap for enclosing a shaving cream can constructed to accommodate a plurality of blade cartridges and a blade cartridge razor, comprising in combination, a cap adapted for removable positioning atop the shaving cream can, said cap being formed by a peripheral side wall and having a closed top and an open bottom, said peripheral side wall and top being substantially cylindrical in configuration, said cap further provided with a plurality of vertically oriented holding means formed therein, each of said holding means adapted to accommodate a blade cartridge therein, each of said holding means being formed by a vertically extending slot formed in said peripheral side wall, said slot having a closed bottom and an open top, said open top formed as a cut-away portion in the top of said cap whereby a blade cartridge may be vertically positioned within said slot through said cut-away open top end thereof, such that each of said blade cartridges may be removably positioned within said vertically extending slot, said peripheral side wall further including an elongate slot extending along a line parallel to the tangential plane of said peripheral side wall, engagement means mounted on said peripheral side wall of said cap and positioned below said elongate slot, said engagement means cooperating with said elongate slot to facilitate the retention of the blade cartridge razor therein, and said cap including said vertically oriented holding means and said elongate slot and said engagement means being formed as an integral unit.

Claim 8

A cap for enclosing a shaving cream can constructed to accommodate a plurality of blade cartridges and a blade cartridge razor, comprising in combination, a cap adapted for removable positioning atop the shaving cream can, said cap being formed by a peripheral side wall and having a closed top and an open bottom, said peripheral side wall and top being substantially cylindrical in configuration, said cap further provided with a plurality of vertically oriented holding means formed therein, each of said holding means adapted to accommodate a blade cartridge therein, each of said holding means being formed by a vertically extending slot formed in said peripheral side wall, said slot having a closed bottom and an open top, said open top formed as a cut-away portion in the top of said cap whereby a blade cartridge may be vertically positioned within said slot through said cut-away open top end thereof, such that each of said blade cartridges may be removably positioned within said vertically extending slot, said peripheral side wall further including an elongate slot extending along a line parallel to the tangential plane of said peripheral side wall, engagement means mounted on said peripheral side wall of said cap and positioned below said elongate slot, said engagement means cooperating with said elongate slot to facilitate the retention of the blade cartridge razor therein, and said cap including said vertically oriented holding means and said elongate slot and said engagement means being formed as an integral unit.

Claim 9

The cap as set forth in claim 6 above, wherein each of said holding means comprises a vertically extending slot formed in said peripheral side wall, said slot having a closed bottom and an open top, said open top formed as a cut-away portion in said top of said cap, whereby a blade cartridge may be accommodated and retained within the confines of said vertically extending slot and being removeable therefrom through the cut-away top portion formed in the top of said cap.

Claim 10

The cap as set forth in claim 7 above, wherein each of said vertically extending slots is formed in the configuration of the blade cartridge and having an overall interior dimension slightly in excess of the exterior dimension of the blade cartridge, whereby the blade cartridge may be removably positioned within the confines of said vertically extending slot thereby to be removable therefrom through the cut-away portion in the top of said can.

Claim 11

The cap as set forth in claim 8 above, wherein said engagement means comprises a pair of spaced apart lugs mounted on said peripheral side wall and extending laterally outwardly therefrom, said pair of lugs being positioned below said elongate slot and in cooperative relation therewith whereby the blade cartridge portion of the blade cartridge razor may be accommodated within the confines of said elongate slot and the handle portion of the blade cartridge razor may be removably positioned within the confines of said spaced apart lugs thereby to be removably engageable therefrom.

Claim 12

The cap as set forth in claim 9 above, wherein said plurality of vertically extending slots are circumferentially positioned around the cylindrical periphery of said cap.