ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,649, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to BIC Violex Single Member S.A. (Anoixi, Greece).

"Shaving head with increased inter blade span" was invented by Ioannis Bozikis (Anoixi, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A razor cartridge includes a first blade support and a second blade support. Each of the first and second blade supports include a flat portion having an inner surface which faces away from a shaving surface S. A first blade is attached to the inner surface of the flat portion of the first blade support, the first blade includes a first cutting edge. A second blade attached to the inner surface of the flat portion of the seco...