ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,924, issued on July 14.

"Dispensing head for shaving foam" was invented by Paul Raymond (St. George's, Canada), Giles Raymond (Lethbridge, Canada) and Daniel Wesley (Winnipeg, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing head for application of shave lubricating material such as foam, gel or lotion to the skin of a user includes a spreading blade portion with a flexible blade with a concave spreading surface and an outer spreading edge. A dose of the material is applied to the blade from a source to be released from the spreading edge for spreading between the spreading surface and the skin. Dimples on the spreading surface hol...