US Patent Issued to The Gillette on July 8 for "Razor cartridge" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,850, issued on July 8, was assigned to The Gillette Co. LLC (Boston).

"Razor cartridge" was invented by Vincent Paul Walker Jr. (Bridgewater, Mass.), Jack Anthony Washington (Mendon, Mass.), Tina Marie Hallett (Weymouth, Mass.), Matthew Frank Murgida (Somerville, Mass.) and Ulises Hernando Bautista (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subassembly for a shaving razor cartridge with a base having a front wall with a top surface and a rear wall with a top surface. At least one blade is mounted to the base between the front wall and the rear wall. The at least one blade has a cutting edge positioned at least 0.5 mm below a plane tange...