(56) Documents Cited:

EP 2075101 Al
DE 019508873 Al
US 20070062043 Al
US 20050000100 Al
CA 002443881 Al
US 5167069 Al
US 20050229398 Al
US 20040107585 Al
(58) Field of Search:
INT CL A45D, B25G, B26B
Other: EPODOC WPI INTERNET
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(43) Date of A Publication 15.06.2011
(51) INT CL:
A45D 26/00 (2006.01) B26B 19/38 (2006.01)
(21) Application No: 0921714.2
(22) Date of Filing: 11.12.2009
(71) Applicant(s):
Ian Rumsey
60 High Road West, FELIXSTOWE, Suffolk,
IP11 9JE, United Kingdom
(72) Inventor(s):
Ian Rumsey
(74) Agent and/or Address for Service:
Albright Patents LLP
Eagle Tower, Montpellier Drive, CHELTENHAM,
Gloucestershire, GL50 1TA, United Kingdom
(54) Title of the Invention: Hair removal device adapter
Abstract Title: A hair removal device adapter
(57) A hair removal device adapter 15 comprising a handle
portion 12 and a cradle 40 for receiving a hair removal
device, such as an epilator 14 or a razor, is disclosed.
The cradle is mounted to the handle portion by a pivot
means, preferably a screw pivot (30, 32 figure 4). A
ratchet mechanism, comprising a ring (24, figure 2)
having resilient teeth and a projection (28) for engaging
a space disposed between pairs of adjacent teeth, may
be provided for holding the cradle in one of a plurality
of predetermined positions. The handle portion is
preferably an elongate member terminating at one end
in a pair of curved arms 16, provided substantially in a
U-shape. The cradle may be a shallow tray, to which a
hair removal device may be secured by means of at
least one resilient strap (44, figure 6). Also disclosed
are a hair removal device comprising a hair removal
device head pivotally mounted to a handle portion, and
a hair removal device adapter system comprising a hair
removal device pivotally mounted to a distal end of a
handle portion.
At least one drawing originally filed was informal and the print reproduced here is taken from a later filed formal copy.