ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,531, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to The Gillette Co. LLC (Boston).
"Razor handle with a rigid member" was invented by Robert Harold Johnson (Hingham, Mass.), Matthew Stephen Bauer (Loveland, Ohio), Jessy Lee Cusack (Attleboro, Mass.), Jack Anthony Washington (Mendon, Mass.), Charles James Bassett (North Reading, Mass.), Christopher Ramm (North Attleboro, Mass.), Steven Michael Bourque (Billerica, Mass.), Ashok Bakul Patel (Needam, Mass.), Christian Arnold Litterst (Frankfurt, Germany) and Christoph Zegula (Frankfurt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle for a shaving razor in which the handle comprises a frame and a mo...