US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on May 26 for "Shaving unit and an electric shaver having the shaving unit" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,802, issued on May 26, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Shaving unit and an electric shaver having the shaving unit" was invented by Mark Cornelis Petrelli (Groningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaving unit (12) has an assembly of at least two rotary hair-cutting units (13) and a supporting member (26) to which the hair-cutting units are connected. The assembly of the hair-cutting units and the supporting member can move linearly relative to a base portion (20) between a first, retracted, position and a second, extended, position. The supporting member is biased by a spring member ...