Shaving Assembly Dispenser with Segmented Inner Container

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing consumer shaving systems with detachable shaving assemblies face issues with blade dullness and replacement, requiring frequent replacement of shaving assemblies, which can be inconvenient and wasteful, especially when not designed for efficient storage and handling.

Innovation Solution

A C-shaped container system with a sectioned inner container that allows for multiple shaving assemblies to be stored and individually dispensed, featuring cooperating features for controlled movement and retention, facilitating easy handling and mounting on a razor handle while protecting the blades during transit and storage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple shaving assemblies are stored in a magazine configuration container, then the blades are protected during transit and storage, but the replacement process becomes inconvenient and less efficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveblade protectionVSAvoidreplacement convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The inner container is divided into multiple compartments, with each compartment designed to hold a single shaving assembly. This segmentation allows individual access to each shaving assembly, enabling convenient replacement while maintaining protection during storage and transit.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The inner container is made movable relative to the outer container, allowing it to slide between a closed position (for protection) and an open position (for convenient access and replacement). This dynamic design resolves the contradiction between protection and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If a fully enclosing outer container is used, then the shaving assemblies are fully protected, but the device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprotection during transitVSAvoidcontainer manufacturing

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The outer container is designed with an open area where the bottom surface of the inner container is exposed, removing the need for a fully enclosing structure. This extraction of the bottom portion simplifies manufacturing while maintaining adequate protection through the C-shaped configuration and cooperating retention features.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Ease of operation

If the inner container is freely movable, then access to shaving assemblies is easy, but controlled positioning and retention are compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess to shaving assembliesVSAvoidcontainer position retention

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

Cooperating features are pre-configured on both the outer and inner containers to automatically retain the inner container in specific positions (closed position and open positions) without requiring additional active control mechanisms. This preliminary configuration of retention features ensures stable positioning while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11317691B2Shaving assembly dispenser

Publication Date: 2022.05.03 NFS CAPITAL LLC

AI summary

Containers are described herein for the transportation and distribution of replaceable consumer products, e.g. interchangeable shaving assemblies. The containers described herein include a mechanism to securely hold the container in predetermined open and closed positions. The interior of the container may provided features which serve to hold and protect the shaving assemblies when not in use, e.g., during transport or storage.