ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,399, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Gillette Co. LLC (Boston).

"Razor assembly with loop shaped spring member" was invented by Kelly Daniel Bridges (Randolph, Mass.), Steven Michael Bourque (Billerica, Mass.), Marco Fontecchio (Framingham, Mass.), Aiqin Li (Foxboro, Mass.), Matthew Frank Murgida (Somerville, Mass.) and Jessy Lee Cusack (Attleboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention describes a novel spring mechanism for a razor. In the razor, the spring member may be disposed in a movable member assembly, portions of which may be used for ejection or pivoting. The spring may be fully encompassed within t...