ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,956, issued on June 3, was assigned to The Gillette Co. LLC (Boston).
"Razor cartridge" was invented by Bin Shen (Shanghai), Yongqing Ju (Boston), Kenneth James Skrobis (Maynard, Mass.), William Owen Jolley (Spencer, Mass.) and Thorsten Knobloch (Brookline, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A razor cartridge is provided having a housing and a blade assembly mounted to the housing. The blade assembly has at least one razor blade defined by a substrate having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has first and second outer surfaces. The second portion has first and second sections separated by a split line. The firs...