Nail polish removing device
First Claim
1. IN A DEVICE FOR THE USE OF MANICURISTS FOR APPLYING A POLISH REMOVING FLUID, WHICH MAY CONSIST ESSENTIALLY OF A SOLVENT SUITABLE FOR USE IN REMOVING NAIL POLISH, TO A PERSON'"'"''"'"'S NAILS INDIVIDUALLY, ONE AT A TIME, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SUBJECTING THE NAILS TO A VIGOROUS SCRUBBING ACTION IN THE PRESENCE OF THE POLISH REMOVING FLUID WHEREBY THE POLISH IS EFFECTIVELY REMOVED THEREFROM AND THE NAILS ARE THOROUGHLY CLEANED, THE COMBINATION OF A RIGID, IMPERFORATE CUP SHAPED HOLDER WHICH IS CONFORMABLE TO THE NAIL JOINT OF AN INDIVIDUAL FINGER AND IS RECEIVABLE THEREON, AND WHICH MAY BE CONVENIENTLY GRASPED BETWEEN THE FINGERS OF AN OPERATOR, AND A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PAD, SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE PERIPHERAL INNER SURFACE OF THE HOLDER, REMOVABLY INSERTED THEREIN AND FORMING AN INNER LINING THEREFOR, AND WHICH ADVANTAGEOUSLY MAY BE SATURATED WITH POLISH REMOVING FLUID UPON POURING A QUANTITY OF POLISH REMOVING FLUID INTO THE HOLDER, THE ABSORBENT PAD COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR PIECE OF MOLDED CELLULAR RESILIENT SHEET MATERIAL WHICH IN ITS OPERATIVE POSITION OVERLIES THE INNER WALL SURFACE OF THE HOLDER, BEGINNING AT THE TOP THEREOF, WITH ITS VERTICAL EDGES MEETING, AND THE HOLDER HAVING A RADIALY INWARDLY AND LONGITUDINALY EXTENDING INTEGRAL PROJECTION FOR ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE MEETING EDGES OF THE ABSORBENT PAD TO PREVENT CIRCUMFERENTIAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE ABSORBENT PAD RELATIVE TO THE HOLDER, AND A DETACHABLE BASE PROVIDING A SUPPORT FOR THE HOLDER WHEN NOT IN USE, THE HOLDER HAVING AN INTEGRAL AXIAL PROJECTION ON ITS BOTTOM END AND THE BASE HAVING AN UPWARDLY FACING SOCKET THEREIN FOR ENGAGEMENT BY SAID PROJECTION WHEREBY THE HOLDER MAY BE REMOVABLY SECURED TO THE BASE.
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1. IN A DEVICE FOR THE USE OF MANICURISTS FOR APPLYING A POLISH REMOVING FLUID, WHICH MAY CONSIST ESSENTIALLY OF A SOLVENT SUITABLE FOR USE IN REMOVING NAIL POLISH, TO A PERSON'"'"''"'"'S NAILS INDIVIDUALLY, ONE AT A TIME, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SUBJECTING THE NAILS TO A VIGOROUS SCRUBBING ACTION IN THE PRESENCE OF THE POLISH REMOVING FLUID WHEREBY THE POLISH IS EFFECTIVELY REMOVED THEREFROM AND THE NAILS ARE THOROUGHLY CLEANED, THE COMBINATION OF A RIGID, IMPERFORATE CUP SHAPED HOLDER WHICH IS CONFORMABLE TO THE NAIL JOINT OF AN INDIVIDUAL FINGER AND IS RECEIVABLE THEREON, AND WHICH MAY BE CONVENIENTLY GRASPED BETWEEN THE FINGERS OF AN OPERATOR, AND A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PAD, SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE PERIPHERAL INNER SURFACE OF THE HOLDER, REMOVABLY INSERTED THEREIN AND FORMING AN INNER LINING THEREFOR, AND WHICH ADVANTAGEOUSLY MAY BE SATURATED WITH POLISH REMOVING FLUID UPON POURING A QUANTITY OF POLISH REMOVING FLUID INTO THE HOLDER, THE ABSORBENT PAD COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR PIECE OF MOLDED CELLULAR RESILIENT SHEET MATERIAL WHICH IN ITS OPERATIVE POSITION OVERLIES THE INNER WALL SURFACE OF THE HOLDER, BEGINNING AT THE TOP THEREOF, WITH ITS VERTICAL EDGES MEETING, AND THE HOLDER HAVING A RADIALY INWARDLY AND LONGITUDINALY EXTENDING INTEGRAL PROJECTION FOR ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE MEETING EDGES OF THE ABSORBENT PAD TO PREVENT CIRCUMFERENTIAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE ABSORBENT PAD RELATIVE TO THE HOLDER, AND A DETACHABLE BASE PROVIDING A SUPPORT FOR THE HOLDER WHEN NOT IN USE, THE HOLDER HAVING AN INTEGRAL AXIAL PROJECTION ON ITS BOTTOM END AND THE BASE HAVING AN UPWARDLY FACING SOCKET THEREIN FOR ENGAGEMENT BY SAID PROJECTION WHEREBY THE HOLDER MAY BE REMOVABLY SECURED TO THE BASE.
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Current AssigneeDixie Keesee
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Original AssigneeDixie Keesee
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InventorsKeesee, Dixie
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Application NumberUS04/403,076Time in Patent Office1,226 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current132/73.5CPC Class CodesA45D 29/007 Nail polish removing devices
