121 |
Fingernail polish removal apparatus |
US779072 |
1991-10-18 |
US5139036A |
1992-08-18 |
William L. Pickard |
A fingernail polish trough is provided filled with a fingernail polish removing fluid positioned forwardly of a series of adjacent parallel "V" shaped grooves positioned rearwardly and above the trough. The trough and grooves define an upper housing arranged for securement to an underlying container for storage. A modification of the invention includes the underlying container formed with an intermediate container housing mounting the upper housing thereon directing electrical current to an illumination lens and manually manipulatable magnification lens to enhance viewing in operation of the cleaning and manicuring of fingernails. |
122 |
Nail drying apparatus |
US394200 |
1989-08-15 |
US5130551A |
1992-07-14 |
Michael D. Nafziger; Roger L. Davis |
A nail drying apparatus by which any commercially available nail polish of any color can be dried after being applied to a person's finger or toe nails. The apparatus consists of a photo-reactive coating and a device that generates ultraviolet radiation. The photo-reactive coating is applied over the wet nail polish and then irradiated with safe dosages of ultraviolet radiation causing the nail polish to dry in a few minutes. |
123 |
Fingernail shielding method |
US633218 |
1990-12-14 |
US5085234A |
1992-02-04 |
Gloria Silverman |
A fingernail shield includes a tube having a diameter larger than that of a typical human finger and an adhesive within the tube for securing the tube to a finger. The fingernail shield preferably has an octagonal cross-section and is tapered to form a frustum shape. The tube may have a notch at one end for locating the adhesive, and is preferably made of a transparent, colored plastic. A method of protecting drying polish on the nail of a finger using this shield, includes the steps of placing the shield around a finger over the nail, orienting the shield so that the adhesive is adjacent to the side of the finger opposite the nail, pressing the side of the finger opposite the nail against the adhesive to secure the shield to the finger, leaving the shield secured to the finger until the polish hardens, and pulling the finger out of the adhesive and withdrawing it from the shield. |
124 |
Manicure shield |
US451644 |
1989-12-18 |
US4984592A |
1991-01-15 |
Christine Hellein |
A manicure shield is set forth provided with an elongate convex shield to overlie a fingernail to prevent inadvertent contact with a nail and a foreign object during a drying procedure subsequent to the applying of a liquid convering and the like. The shield is formed with a plurality of parallel downwardly depending legs pivotally mounted to an upper, relatively rigid polymeric ring integrally secured to a lower resilient recircling ring for securement about a finger adjacent an associated fingernail of an individual. The lower ring may alternatively be defined by a pair of resiliently biased legs for securement to an individual's finger. A flexible tab secured to an upper surface of the upper ring is in contact with the rear convex surface of the shield to maintain the shield in an upper or lowered position. |
125 |
Fingernail polish protector |
US497711 |
1990-03-23 |
US4972857A |
1990-11-27 |
Lou A. Stewart; Doris I. Fortner |
A fingernail polish protector that can be detachably connected to the fingers of a person who has just had a fresh coat of nail polish. A separate fingernail polish protector would be attached to each finger. The fingernail polish protector has the configuration of an elongated tubular sleeve that is frusto-conical in shape. It's front end and rear ends are both open. |
126 |
Transparent safety guard for manicurist use |
US374591 |
1989-06-29 |
US4967775A |
1990-11-06 |
Carol M. Kaiser |
A transparent safety guard for use by manicurists. The safety guard includes an elongate concave flaring transparent shield securable to the wrist or ankle of a customer so that fingernail and toenail clippings which would otherwise propel towards the eyes of the manicurist or customer are prevented from doing so. |
127 |
Method of accomplishing rapid and durable french manicure |
US66267 |
1987-06-25 |
US4767648A |
1988-08-30 |
Yosh Hokama; Luis Romero |
A method for rapidly accomplishing a durable french manicure, employing nail polish, that includes the steps:(a) providing a flexible tab having a white or near-white upper surface that is compatible to nail polish, the tab having the shape of an over-sized fingernail forward tip portion,(b) applying and adhering the tab to the fingernail forward tip portion so that the tab has extent beyond the forward edge of the fingernail forward tip portion,(c) then trimming off said tab extent beyond the forward edge of the fingernail forward tip portion,(d) then applying translucent liquid nail polish to the fingernail upper surface and to cover said tab upper surface, and allowing the polish to dry,(e) whereby the fingernail has a glossy upper surface that is white or near-white only at its forward tip portion. |
128 |
Fingernail guard |
US824221 |
1986-01-30 |
US4665934A |
1987-05-19 |
Noel E. Jefferson |
A fingernail guard assembly characterized by a main body member which engages the finger, and a number of shield members removably engagable with the main body member. The main body member can be engaged with the finger prior to the painting of the nails, and the shield member inserted after the nails are painted to protect them as they dry. Shield members are provided in various lengths and configurations to provide a close match to the size and shape of the fingernail being protected. |
129 |
Fingernail protector |
US794749 |
1977-05-09 |
US4089066A |
1978-05-16 |
Margaret L. Dethman |
A fingernail protector having a finger support flange; a semicircular lower shell, co-extensive with the flange; an upper semicircular cover resting upon the shell, the shell and cover defining a cylinder for encasing the distal finger joint; an exterior hinge connecting the shell and cover which permits convenient access to the fingernail; and a finger support strap having a plurality of flexible hooks on one side and a plurality of flexible loops on the other side. |
130 |
Fingernail cap |
US541942 |
1975-01-17 |
US3967631A |
1976-07-06 |
Kathleen M. Kosal |
A fingernail cap having a band which is engageable on the terminal phalanx of a finger and is supportively connected to a shell provided with a cavity arrangeable over the nail and tip of the finger for protectively encasing same and protecting the fingernail from dirt, breaking, cracking, and the like. |
131 |
Fingernail decorating |
US31442272 |
1972-12-12 |
US3885578A |
1975-05-27 |
HICKS CAROLYN COLBURN |
Fingernails are decorated by coating fingernails with a first fingernail polish color and placing dots of a second color on the first color. Dots are placed on the first color by holding a second color nail polish on a pointed applicator and momentarily touching the point of the applicator to the fingernails in spaced position and flowing a controlled amount of second color polish onto the fingernail surface during the momentary touching of the point to the nail. The polka dot effect is also achieved by transferring predetermined polka dots of opaque coating to a uniformly spread polish of a contrasting color.
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132 |
Device for drying hair and fingernails |
US28936363 |
1963-06-20 |
US3272966A |
1966-09-13 |
SUTTON EARL E |
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133 |
Portable motor operated manicuring device |
US33979164 |
1964-01-23 |
US3255766A |
1966-06-14 |
HARTWELL DONALD S; WYMAN ROBERT E |
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134 |
Nail light bracelet |
US22495562 |
1962-09-20 |
US3179795A |
1965-04-20 |
ANGLE PAULA A |
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135 |
Treatment of keratinous material |
US54182155 |
1955-10-20 |
US2887116A |
1959-05-19 |
WOODING WILLIAM M |
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136 |
Fingernail polish guard |
US75191147 |
1947-06-02 |
US2557759A |
1951-06-19 |
LOIS PFISTER |
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137 |
Open-toe shoe |
US69349946 |
1946-08-28 |
US2421796A |
1947-06-10 |
ROY MALING |
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138 |
Display device for use in determining the shade of fingernail polish |
US53721444 |
1944-05-25 |
US2393371A |
1946-01-22 |
IRENE HARRIS |
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139 |
Portable nail care system |
US303403 |
1999-05-01 |
US6158174A |
2000-12-12 |
Kimberly Mairs |
A system is provided for providing portable nail care in which a mobile nail care kiosk having running water and a station for providing the nail care is wheeled to a temporary position, such as by a gate of an airport terminal, to permit the on-the-spot provision of nail care services adjacent the gate. In one embodiment, the mobile kiosk is provided with its own self-contained water supply and waste disposal vessel, along with a heater for heating the water for a sink adjacent the nail care table for providing running water for use throughout the nail care process. By virtue of the mobility of the kiosk, nail care services can be provided at a convenient location to passengers or airport personnel whose flights have been delayed. The portable nail care service can be provided not only in airports, but also in hospitals and other locations convenient to a person requesting such services, thus to be able to provide nail care in 15 minutes or less, and permitting individuals seeking nail care to have such services provided at a location adjacent a waiting area provided for some other service such as air travel or health maintenance. |
140 |
Method and apparatus for creating art on a person's fingernail or toenail |
US283969 |
1999-04-02 |
US6029673A |
2000-02-29 |
Nevin C. Jenkins; Rande W. Newberry; Antonio Lebron |
A self-hand-operated, self-contained apparatus and method for applying an image on a nail of a person's digit. The apparatus is simple in construction and operation, and consists of a molded base having an upper extending surface defining a digit cutout at one end and an image creating plate cutout at the other end. A carriage holding a pick-up head and squeegee slides on the base and carries an image from the plate to the nail. A combined stop and pointing element is fixed on the base and points to the area where the image is to be deposited. The method applies art to the nail as a single color or multi-color image. |