Safety razor with fluid distributing manifold

Claim 1

IN A SAFETY RAZOR OF THE TYPE HAVING A HEAD ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A BLADE SUPPORT, A BLADE EDGE GUARD HAVING A FORWARD EDGE UNDERLYING AND PROJECTING FORWARD OF THE POSITION OF THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE BLADE TO BE USED, A BLADE COVER CLAMP FOR CLAMPING THE BLADE AGAINST THE SAID BLADE SUPPORT, AND A HANDLE SECURED TO AND EXTENDING DOWNWARD FROM THE SAID HEAD ASSEMBLY, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING, A FLUID DISTRIBUTOR MANIFOLD SECURED TO SAID RAZOR HEAD ASSEMBLY IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE SAID BLADE EDGE GUARD AND HAVING AN INLET AND A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART OUTLETS, A RESILIENTLY COMPRESSIBLE AND EXPANDIBLE HOLLOW BULB FLUID RESERVOIR CARRIED BY THE LOWER END OF THE HANDLE AND ACTING AS AN EXTENSION THEREOF, SAID BLADE EDGE GUARD BEING APERTURED THERETHROUGH FROM THE UNDER SURFACE TO THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF TO FORM A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART OPENINGS ALIGNED WITH AND ACTING AS CONTINUATIONS OF SAID MANIFOLD APERTURES, AND CONDUIT MEANS EXTENDING FROM WITHIN SAID BULB TO THE INLET OF SAID MANIFOLD, SAID BULB BEING COMPRESSIBLE BY HAND SQUEEZING ACTION OF THE SHAVER WITHOUT ALTERING HAND POSITION FROM THAT NORMALLY EMPLOYED DURING THE SHAVING PROCESS TO CAUSE FLUID STORED THEREIN TO FLOW TO SAID MANIFOLD AND OUTWARD THERETHROUGH THROUGH THE SAID PLURALITY OF MANIFOLD OUTLETS ONTO THE SKIN BEING SHAVED IN FRONT OF THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE RAZOR BLADE ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE BLADE LENGTH.