Razor blade assembly with movable cover cap

Claim 1

A razor blade assembly comprising: lower blade supporting means, said lower blade supporting means including a seat member having a skin-engaging guard surface along the forward margin thereof and an upwardly facing planar support surface; at least one razor blade having a cutting edge; means rigidly and permanently connecting said at least one razor blade in fixed supported engagement with said planar support surface, said at least one razor blade cutting edge being forwardly directed; and blade cover means comprising a cap member disposed above said at least one razor blade and having a forward margin and being movably retainedly connected to said seat member, said cap member being movable in a fore-and-aft direction relative to said at least one razor blade and said planar support surface between a first position in which said at least one razor blade cutting edge extends forwardly beyond a plane tangent to forward margins of said cap member for shaving and a second position in which said plane tangent is relatively moved to a position forward of said at least one razor blade cutting edge thereby to effectively remove said at least one razor blade cutting edge from inadvertent external contact wherein said cap member and said seat member include complementary detenting means for releasably retaining said cap member at each of said first and second positions, said detenting means comprises first engaging means on each end of one of said cap member and said seat member for releasably engaging second and third engaging means respectively on each end of the other of said cap member and said seat member when said cap member is in said first and second positions respectively.