Radiation curable nail coatings and artificial nail tips and methods of using same

• US 20030073753A1
• Filed: 05/21/2002
• Published: 04/17/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Creative Nail Design Incorporated (Ronald Owen Perelman, MBA)
• Original Assignee: GEL Products, Inc.
• Inventors: Peterson, Sarah, Lilley, Pamela H.
• Granted Patent: US 6,803,394 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 522/18
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/81 Preparation or application process involves irradiation
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/8152 Homopolymers or copolymers of esters, e.g. (meth)acrylic acid esters; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/87 Polyurethanes
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/922 of vegetable origin
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 3/02 Nail coatings

Abstract

A composition for actinic radiation curable nail coatings and artificial nail tips comprising a BISGMA based urethane resin, an additional polymer, a photoinitiator, and having a viscosity of greater than approximately 80,000 cps. Composition may additionally comprise other additives known in the art and also methods of application of the composition alone and with related compositions.

Claims

1. A nail and/or artificial nail tip coating composition comprising:

a polymeric compound, said polymeric compound to be applied to the nail and/or artificial nail tip or coating thereof.

2. A method of applying a composition to a nail and/or artificial nail tip or coating thereof comprising:

providing a polymeric compound; and

applying the polymeric compound to the nail and/or artificial tip or coating thereof.