Method of shaving and a dispensing apparatus therefor

US6622943B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Gillette Company LLC · US

Inventors

• Norman D. Poisson · Andover, US
• Arlene H. Solbeck · Gaithersburg, US
• James L. Solan · Rockville, US
• Luz Seidensticker · Wilkinsburg, US
• John Lawler · North Potomac, US
• Kirsten D. Burgess-Agee · North Bethesda, US
• Richard Cohen · Boyds, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/0443
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of shaving hair by spraying a shaving preparation directly onto an area of skin to form a dispersed layer of the shaving preparation without the need for hand spreading and shaving the area with a razor. Also disclosed is a dispensing apparatus for spraying a shaving preparation directly onto an area of skin to be shaved. The shaving preparation may be an aerosol or a non-aerosol shaving preparation.