ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,463, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to The Gillette Co. LLC (Boston).
"Handle connection mechanism" was invented by Uwe Jungnickel (Konigstein, Germany) and Jens Alinski (Kelkheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle connection mechanism with a handle having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end. The proximal end has a hollow portion. A connector has an outer lateral surface and a recess therein. The recess forms a cavity within the connector. A spring-loaded ball-snap element having a ball and a spring is configured to apply a radial force onto the ball. The spring-loaded ball-snap is positioned with...