FOIL ROLL FOR USE WITH PAD FOR REMOVING NAIL GEL AND ACRYLIC NAILS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING

• US 20130074859A1
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wella Operations US LLC
• Original Assignee: O P I Products, Inc. (Agnaten SE)
• Inventors: Horvath, Gavril, Schaeffer, George
• Granted Patent: US 9,629,436 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 132/73.5
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/1018 comprising a pad, i.e. a cushion-like mass of soft material, with or without gripping means
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/1036 containing a cosmetic substance, e.g. impregnated with liquid or containing a soluble solid substance
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/007 Nail polish removing devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/02 Other than completely through work thickness

Abstract

A nail gel/acrylic removal system and method for manufacturing a roll of foil segments with pads around a core used for nail gel and acrylic nail removal. A pad is configured to receive and absorb a substance for dissolving at least one of nail gel and acrylic nails. A segment of foil with an affixed pad is sized to wrap around at least a portion of a finger of a human hand so that the pad with the substance for dissolving is in contact with a fingernail of the hand. First and second sets of perforations are placed along opposite edges of the foil segment, so that pairs of foil segments with the pads are joined at the first and second set of perforations. A roll is formed of the foil segments with pads around a core.

Claims

1. A nail gel/acrylic removal system comprising:

a) a pad configured to receive and absorb a substance for dissolving at least one of nail gel and acrylic nails;

b) a segment of foil sized to wrap around at least a portion of a finger of a human hand, said pad affixed to said foil segment;

c) a first set of perforations disposed along a first edge of said foil segment;

d) a second set of perforations disposed along a second edge of said foil segment, wherein said first edge and said second edge are at opposite ends of said foil segment;

f) wherein pairs of said foil segments each having one said pad bonded thereto, are joined at said first and second set of perforations and a plurality of said pairs form a roll of said foil segments around a core.

2. The nail gel/acrylic removal system of claim 1 wherein said first set of perforations extend along only a portion of said first edge, and said second set of perforations extend along only a portion of said second edge, said system further comprising:

a) a first and a second cut extending from a perimeter of said foil segment to ends of said first set of perforations, said first cut and said second cut co-linear with said first set of perforations;

b) a third and a fourth cut extending from a perimeter of said foil segment to ends of said second set of perforations, said third cut and said fourth cut co-linear with said second set of perforations.

3. The nail gel/acrylic removal system of claim 1 wherein said pad is substantially centered on its corresponding foil segment.

4. The nail gel/acrylic removal system of claim 2 wherein said first set and second set of perforations are substantially centered along said first edge and said second edge, respectively.

5. The nail gel/acrylic removal system of claim 1 wherein said foil has a thickness of approximately ½

mil and said perforations of said first set and said second set are spaced at intervals leaving 0.0038 inch of foil between each cut.

6. A method for making a foil and pad roll used for removal of nail gel and acrylic nails comprising:

a) configuring a pad to receive and absorb a substance for dissolving at least one of nail gel and acrylic nails;

b) sizing a segment of foil to wrap around at least a portion of a finger of a human hand, said pad affixed to said foil segment;

c) disposing a first set of perforations along a first edge of said foil segment;

d) disposing a second set of perforations along a second edge of said foil segment, wherein said first edge and said second edge are at opposite ends of said foil segment;

f) forming a roll of said foil segments with said first and second set of perforations around a core wherein said foil segments each have one said pad bonded thereto.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said first set of perforations extend along only a portion of said first edge, and said second set of perforations extend along only a portion of said second edge, said method further comprising:

a) providing a first and a second cut extending from a perimeter of said foil segment to ends of said first set of perforations, said first cut and said second cut co-linear with said first set of perforations;

b) providing a third and a fourth cut extending from a perimeter of said foil segment to ends of said second set of perforations, said third cut and said fourth cut co-linear with said second set of perforations.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein said pad is substantially centered on its corresponding foil segment.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein said first set and second set of perforations are substantially centered along said first edge and said second edge, respectively.

10. The method of claim 6 wherein said foil has a thickness of approximately ½

mil and said perforations of said first set and said second set are spaced at intervals leaving 0.0038 inch of foil between each cut.