A razor blade body in the form of a cartridge structure includes a guard member assembled thereon forward of, and extending parallel to, the blade or blades. The guard is of a two part molded structure having an upper portion of elastomeric material with a plurality of upwardly projecting protrusions formed thereon and a lower base portion of rigid plastic material having a downwardly projecting v-shaped cross-sectional portion. A pair of upwardly projecting elements are disposed in spaced relation forming a recess on the blade cartridge structure for receiving the v-shaped base portion therebetween and a latch means disposed in the recess retains the guard member in the assembled position.
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1. An elongated guard member for assembly into a razor blade body structure having a wall extending parallel with the blade and disposed forward of the blade, said guard member comprising a unitary molded member being formed of a bottom base portion of rigid plastic material providing a surface extending downwardly for juxtaposition adjacent the wall of the body structure along the length of the guard and an upper portion of elastomeric material having a plurality of protrusions projecting upwardly therefrom for contacting the surface onto which the blade is applied; and
latch means disposed on said base portion for engagement with said body structure to retain said guard member so positioned in the blade body structure.
13. In combination, a razor blade body structure having an elongated guard member disposed thereon forward of the blade or blades, and extending parallel thereto, said body structure further having a pair of upwardly projecting elements in spaced relation, one forward of the other forming a recess therebetween;
said guard member being formed of a bottom base portion of rigid plastic material of a substantially v-shape cross-section extending downwardly for interfitting engagement in said recess between said body structure upwardly projecting elements and an upper portion of elastomeric material having a plurality of protrusions projecting upwardly therefrom for contacting the surface onto which the blade is applied; and latch means disposed in said recess for interconnecting said base portion to at least one of said pair of upwardly projecting elements for retaining said guard member so positioned in said razor blade body structure.
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portion of said guard member. 26. The guard member of claim 24 wherein said rear wall includes a front surface projecting upwardly from said base portion adjacent to said protrusions. |
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18 118 of elastomeric plastic material having the ribs 122 disposed on its upper surface 120. The manufacture and materials employed in the elongated guard member 100 may be identical to that described above with regard to FIGS. 1 through 6, however, as will be noted, a pair of slotted openings, the first of which is slot 138 and the second of which is not shown but is similar to slot 39 in FIG. 1, are disposed on the rear surface of the V-shaped cross-section 113 of the base portion 112 and are positioned to receive a pair of detents 130 being shown, disposed on a pair of posts 128 which is shown in FIG. 7. The surfaces of the V-shaped cross-section 113 are forced between the rear surface of the wall 126 and the forwardly facing surface of the posts 128 such that the elongated guard member 100 snaps into place with the detents 130 snapping into the slotted openings 138 in the rigid plastic base portion 113 to retain the guard member 100 onto the razor blade body during usage and is easily assembled to the razor blade body, in like manner to the elongated guard member 10 as described above.
While it is apparent that changes and modifications can be made within the spirit and scope of the present invention, it is our intention, however, only to limited by the appended claims.
Apprille, Jr., Domenic V., Taylor, John B., Brown, Frank E., Miller, deceased, Gary R.
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