Jet spray fingernail cleaner apparatus

• US 5,713,378 A
• Filed: 12/02/1996
• Issued: 02/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: 691465 Alberta Ltd.
• Original Assignee: 691465 Alberta Ltd.
• Inventors: Smith, Roy F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Philogene, Pedro
• Application Number:
  US08/753,849
• Time in Patent Office: 428 Days
• Field of Search: 132/74.5, 132/73.6, 132/73, 132/75, 132/76.2, 132/75.8, 132/286, 128/366, 128/368, 401/195, 134/182, 134/183, 134/191, 134/198, 134/199, 134/200, 134/201, 4/621, 4/625, 4/650
• US Class Current: 132/74.5
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/17 Nail cleaners, e.g. scrapers

Abstract

A jet spray fingernail cleaner apparatus including a pulsating pump. The pump has a fluid exhaust tube for releasing a fluid that is held within the pump. Included is a housing that has a bottom wall with an aperture and a cylindrical side wall. The side wall has a top edge for forming a top opening of the housing. The side wall has a pair of horizontal wedge-shaped arms along opposite portions of the side wall. Each arm has an arm tip extending past a rear portion of the arm. Included is an elongated resilient finger stall for positioning within the housing. The finger stall has an upper end and a rear end with a fluid intake line that extends therefrom and through the aperture of the bottom wall of the housing. The fluid intake line couples with the fluid exhaust tube of the pump for allowing a jet stream of fluid to flow into the finger stall. Lastly, an O-ring is positioned over the housing to secure the finger stall about the housing, when the upper end is folded around the housing.

Claims

1. A new and improved jet spray fingernail cleaner apparatus for easy removal of material under a fingernail comprising in combination:

a pulsating pump having a base portion for supporting a fluid container member, the pump having a fluid exhaust tube coupled to the fluid container member for releasing a fluid being held within the fluid container member;

a generally cylindrical housing having a bottom wall and a continuous cylindrical side wall coupled thereto with a top edge forming a top opening of the housing, the bottom wall having an aperture there through, the side wall having a pair of horizontal wedge-shaped arms coupled to the side wall and extending outwardly from and along opposite portions of the side wall, each arm having an arm tip formed thereon and extending past a rear portion of the arm, the side wall having a pair of elongated slots symmetrically formed therein and positioned between each arm along the side wall, the pair of elongated slots extending in substantially parallel relationship to a longitudinal axis of the housing to allow expanding and contracting of the housing when the pair of arms being pressed at the arm tips;

an elongated resilient finger stall having an upper end and a rear end with a fluid intake line coupled thereto and extending therefrom, the finger stall having a waste fluid exit line integral therewith and projecting from a position spaced from the fluid intake line, the finger stall positioned within the housing with the rear end adjacent the bottom wall of the housing and the upper end folded over the top edge of the housing, the fluid intake line positioned through the aperture of the housing when the finger stall is positioned within the housing, the fluid intake line coupled with the fluid exhaust tube of the pump for allowing a jet stream of fluid to flow into the finger stall to clean under the fingernail of a finger positioned within the finger stall; and

an O-ring being positioned about the side wall of the housing and around the upper end of the finger stall when the upper end being folded over the top edge of the housing, the upper end of the finger stall being secured about the housing by the positioning of the O-ring therearound.

2. A jet spray fingernail cleaner apparatus comprising:

a pulsating pump having a fluid exhaust tube coupled thereto for releasing a fluid being held within the pump;

a housing having a bottom wall with an aperture formed therein and a cylindrical side wall coupled thereto with a top edge forming a top opening of the housing, the side wall having a pair of horizontal wedge-shaped arms coupled along opposite portions of the side wall, each arm having an arm tip formed thereon and extending past a rear portion of the arm;

an elongated resilient finger stall positioned within the housing, the finger stall having an upper end and a rear end with a fluid intake line coupled thereto and extending therefrom and through the aperture of the bottom wall of the housing, the fluid intake line couples with the fluid exhaust tube of the pump for allowing a jet stream of fluid to flow into the finger stall; and

an O-ring being positioned over the housing for securing the finger stall about the housing when the upper end is folded therearound.

3. The jet spray fingernail cleaner apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the pump having a base portion for supporting a fluid container member.

4. The jet spray fingernail cleaner apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the side wall of the housing being continuous and having a pair of elongated slots symmetrically positioned between each arm along the side wall.

5. The jet spray fingernail cleaner apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein the pair of elongated slots extending in substantially parallel relationship to a longitudinal axis of the housing to allow expanding and contracting of the housing when the pair of arms being pressed at the arm tips.

6. The jet spray fingernail cleaner apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the finger stall having a waste fluid exit line integral therewith and projecting from a position spaced from the fluid intake line.

7. The jet spray fingernail cleaner apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein when the finger stall being positioned within the housing with the rear end adjacent the bottom wall of the housing and the upper end being folded over the top edge of the housing.

8. The jet spray fingernail cleaner apparatus as set forth in claim 2, the O-ring being positioned over the housing and around the upper end of the finger stall when the upper end being folded over the top edge of the housing.