US Patent Issued to The Gillette on March 4 for "Razor handle with a pivoting portion" (Massachusetts, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,135, issued on March 4, was assigned to The Gillette Co. LLC (Boston).

"Razor handle with a pivoting portion" was invented by Steven Michael Bourque (Billerica, Mass.), Charles James Bassett (North Reading, Mass.), Marco Fontecchio (Framingham, Mass.), Michael Tejpaul Verasamy (Mountain View, Calif.) and Jack Anthony Washington (Mendon, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle. The handle can include a main body and a first substantially flat metal arm having a first proximal portion and a first distal end, the first proximal portion being rigidly coupled to the main body at a first location, and a second arm having a second pro...