Manicure and pedicure file

• US 20060191553A1
• Filed: 02/28/2005
• Published: 08/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation (Ronald Owen Perelman, MBA)
• Original Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation (Ronald Owen Perelman, MBA)
• Inventors: Anderson, Paul M., Butcher, John D., Grabiner, Stacey Leigh, Sopczynski, Heather S., Bivona, Antonette, Baumgarten, Lisa F.
• Application Number:
  US11/068,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20060191553A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 132/76.4
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/04 Nail files, e.g. manually operated

Abstract

A nail file in the form of an arc with generally rounded edges and a method for grooming finger- and toenails using the file.

Claims

1. A nail file in the form of elongated planar matching top and bottom surfaces having an outer periphery in the shape of an arc with generally rounded edges with straight side edges in a single plane between the top and bottom surfaces, said file having at least one ergonomic attachment on at least one of the top or bottom elongated planar surfaces.

2. The nail file of claim 1 wherein the top and bottom surfaces are abrasive.

3. The nail file of claim 1 wherein the ergonomic attachment is generally oval shaped.

4. The nail file of claim 3 wherein the ergonomic attachment is attached to the mid section of the file.

5. The nail file of claim 3 wherein ergonomic attachment has a top surface situated on the top surface of the file and a bottom surface situated on the bottom surface of the file.

6. The nail file of claim 5 wherein the top and bottom surfaces of ergonomic attachment have a convex upper surface.

7. The nail file of claim 6 wherein the convex surface of ergonomic attachment is striated on the convex upper surface.

8. The nail file of claim 1 wherein the top and bottom surface are colored abrasive surfaces.

9. The nail file of claim 1 wherein the top and bottom surfaces are abrasive surfaces and have the same grain of abrasive surface.

10. The nail file of claim 1 wherein the top abrasive surface has one grain of abrasive and the bottom abrasive surface has a second grain of abrasive.

11. The nail file of claim 10 wherein the abrasive surface comprises sand, silicon dioxide, or diamond grains.

12. The nail file of claim 1 wherein the degree of bend in the arc ranges from 1 to 20 degrees.

13. The nail file of claim 1 wherein the degree of bend in the arc ranges from 1 to 15 degrees.

14. A method for filing and grooming fingernails or toenails comprising treating the nails with a nail file in the form of an elongated planar surface having an outer periphery in the shape of an arc having a degree of bend ranging from about 1 to 30 degrees and generally rounded edges.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the arc has a top abrasive surface and a bottom abrasive surface.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the top abrasive surface has one grain of abrasive and the bottom abrasive surface a second grain of abrasive.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the file has an ergonomic attachment.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the ergonomic attachment is attached at the mid section of the file.

19. The method of claim 14 wherein the file is used to groom toenails.

20. The method of claim 14 wherein the file is used to groom fingernails.