Shaving cartridges and razors

摘要

The invention features a shaving cartridge for connection to a handle. The shaving cartridge includes a plastic housing having a front portion, a rear portion having a rear surface, two side surfaces extending from the front portion to the rear portion, pivoting structure defining a pivot axis for pivoting of the housing with respect to the handle, and a housing axis extending from the rear portion to the front portion perpendicular to the pivot axis. One or more shaving blades are positioned between the front portion and the rear portion. The one or more blades extend along respective one or more parallel blade axes that are parallel to the pivot axis and located behind the pivot axis. A guard at the front portion of the housing includes an elastomeric member that extends along the housing axis in front of the pivot axis by a front distance that is within 35 percent of a rear distance along the housing axis from the pivot axis to the rear surface so as to provide a cartridge that is substantially balanced about the pivot axis.