Method and apparatus for nail care

• US 10,213,003 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2015
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hau Le
• Original Assignee: Hau Le
• Inventors: Le, Hau
• Primary Examiner(s): Steitz, Rachel R
• Application Number:
  US14/698,415
• Publication Number:
  US 20150320173A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,400 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/007 Nail polish removing devices
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/04 Nail files, e.g. manually operated
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/20 Boxes, cases, etuis or the like specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2439/00 Containers; Receptacles closures therefor B32B2435/00
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/08 of synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/302 comprising aromatic vinyl (co)polymers, e.g. styrenic (co)polymers
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/02 characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions non-uniform thickness B32B3/263

Abstract

A nail care system designed for use in a manicure or pedicure process that is comprised of an assembly of disposable implements required for the manicure or pedicure process and a packaging system comprising individual sections. The individual sections of the packaging system are linked together in a chronological order necessary to complete a manicure or a pedicure, each individual section is adapted to hold and once sealed to sterilely secure a single chronologically ordered disposable implement of the assembly. The individual sections are separable from the packaging system and unsealable thereby providing access to a particular disposable implement secured therein when the particular disposable implement is required in accordance with the chronological ordering of the manicure or pedicure process.

Claims

1. A nail care system designed for use in a manicure or pedicure process, comprising:

an assembly of disposable tools, lotions, and oils required for a manicure or pedicure process; and

a packaging system comprising disposable individual sections and a cover for each disposable individual section, wherein;

the disposable individual sections are linked together in a chronological order of the disposable tools, lotions, and oils necessary to complete a manicure or a pedicure,

each disposable individual section is adapted to hold therein one of a single chronologically ordered disposable tool, lotion, and oil of the assembly, further wherein each disposable individual section is adapted to receive its cover such that the cover seals the single chronologically ordered disposable tool, lotion, and oil of the assembly within the disposable individual section and prevents release of the single chronologically ordered disposable tool, lotion, and oil of the assembly from the disposable individual section, and

the disposable individual sections are separable from the packaging system and unsealable through removal of its cover thereby providing access to a particular disposable tool, lotion, and oil sealed therein when the particular disposable tool, lotion, and oil is required in accordance with the chronological ordering of the disposable tools, lotions, and oils for the manicure or pedicure process, further wherein the particular disposable tool, lotion, and oil and the disposable individual section are disposed after use of the particular disposable tool, lotion, and oil sealed.

2. The nail care system according to claim 1, wherein the disposable tools, lotions, and oils for a manicure or pedicure process comprise nail polish remover, cuticle softener lotion, a nail file, a buffer stone, a cuticle oil, moisturizing lotion, and oil remover.

3. The nail care system according to claim 2, wherein the packaging system comprises first through seventh individual sections, further wherein:

the first individual section is sized to include therein the nail polish remover in an amount for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the second individual section is sized to include therein the cuticle softener lotion in an amount for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the third individual section is sized to include therein the nail file for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the fourth individual section is sized to include therein the buffer stone,

the fifth individual section is sized to include therein the cuticle oil in an amount for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the sixth individual section is sized to include therein the moisturizing lotion in an amount for a single manicure or pedicure process, and

the seventh individual section is sized to include therein the oil remover in an amount for a single manicure or pedicure process.

4. The nail care system according to claim 1, wherein the disposable tools, lotions, and oils for a manicure or pedicure process comprise nail polish remover, cuticle softener lotion, a nail file, a buffer stone, a cuticle oil, callus remover lotion, pumice bar, exfoliation crè

me, moisturizing lotion, and oil remover.

5. The nail care system according to claim 4, wherein the packaging system comprises first through tenth individual sections, further wherein:

the first individual section is sized to include therein the nail polish remover in an amount for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the second individual section is sized to include therein the cuticle softener lotion in an amount for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the third individual section is sized to include therein the nail file for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the fourth individual section is sized to include therein the buffer stone for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the fifth individual section is sized to include therein the cuticle oil in an amount for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the sixth individual section is sized to include therein the callus remover lotion for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the seventh individual section is sized to include therein the pumice bar for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the eighth individual section is sized to include therein the exfoliation crè

me in an amount for a single manicure or pedicure process,

the ninth individual section is sized to include therein the moisturizing lotion in an amount for a single manicure or pedicure process, and

the tenth individual section is sized to include therein the oil remover in an amount for a single manicure or pedicure process.

6. The nail care system of claim 1, wherein the packaging system is a packaging tray and the individual sections are compartments comprising:

a container that provides storage space and is adapted to hold one of a particular disposable tool, lotion, and oil useful in a manicure or pedicure process;

a lip formed integrally about the compartment, wherein the lip segregates one compartment from another and includes a perforation that allows a compartment to be separated from the packaging tray; and

the cover is adapted to seal one of a particular disposable tool, lotion, and oil within the compartment, wherein the cover includes a tab that allows the cover to be opened from the compartment and a user to gain access to the particular disposable tool, lotion, and oil stored therein.

7. The nail care system of claim 1, wherein the packaging system is a packet system and the individual sections are packets comprising the cover and a border that form a pocket, wherein:

the pocket provides a storage space and is adapted to hold one of a particular disposable tool, lotion, and oil useful in a manicure or pedicure process,

the border segregates one packet from another and includes a perforation that allows a packet to be separated from the packet system, and

the border includes a tab that allows the cover to be opened and a user to gain access to the particular disposable tool, lotion, and oil stored within the pocket.