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          Interference No. 104,158                                                    



          portion 3 which contains an arcuate wall portion 6.  In this                
          arcuate wall portion is mounted a generally C-shaped yoke                   
          member 10.  The free ends of the yoke portion carry pivot pins              
          11 for mounting the                                                         




          lugs of the blade-containing head.  Page 2, lines 1-5.  Thus,               
          the head 1, when mounted on the pivot pins 11 can rock about                
          an axis.  The rocking axis, located at XX in Figures 1 and 2                
          of Kirk, is substantially parallel with the tangent plane T                 
          and transverse to the length of the head.  Id. at 16-19.  The               
          two axes XX and YY may intersect or be slightly offset, but                 
          both are preferably                                                         
          close to the blade edge in order to provide maximum                         
          conformance                                                                 
          to the skin surface during shaving.  Id. at 37-40.  From the                
          orthogonal view in Figure 2, it is difficult to determine the               
          exact spatial relationship of axes XX and YY in this                        
          embodiment.  Certainly any attempt to locate the center of                  
          rotation of the   C-shaped yoke member 10 is highly                         


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