Nail care or finger care tool and nail care or finger care tool set

• US 8,584,684 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2011
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koji Nakamura
• Original Assignee: Koji Nakamura
• Inventors: Nakamura, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, ROBYN KIEU
• Application Number:
  US13/107,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20110284017A1
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• Field of Search: 132/74.5, 132/73, 132/285, 132/319, 2 2/1
• US Class Current: 132/74.5
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/007 Nail polish removing devices
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 31/00 Artificial nails

Abstract

A nail care or fingertip care tool is constituted by an elastic bag-like material having sufficient size to cover the nail at the fingertip and also having a liquid-absorbing member fixedly attached over an area inside the bag-like material that comes in contact with the nail.

Claims

1. A nail care or fingertip care tool comprised of an elastic bag-like material having sufficient size to cover the nail at the fingertip and also having a liquid-absorbing member fixedly attached over an area on an inner side of the bag-like material for coming in contact with the nail, wherein the bag-like material is in a rolled-up condition and has a fingertip contact area and a rolled-up part therearound, and the liquid-absorbing member has a sheet-like shape, extends beyond the rolled-up part, and is fixedly attached over the area on the inner side of the bag-like material that spreads out when the bag, like material is unrolled, so that the portion of the liquid-absorbing member fixedly attached over the area of the bag-like material and a portion of the liquid-absorbing member extending beyond the rolled-up part are inside the bag-like material and come in contact with the nail when the rolled-up part is unrolled.

2. A nail care or fingertip care tool according to claim 1, wherein the liquid-absorbing member is fixedly attached to the elastic bag-like material via a film.

3. A nail care or finger care tool according to claim 2, which has a section indicating the name of the nail on which the tool is placed and/or position where the tool is placed.

4. A nail care or finger care tool according to claim 2, wherein the elastic bag-like material is made of rubber.

5. A nail care or finger care set combining a multiple number of nail care or finger care tools according to claim 2, wherein the tools, including the liquid-absorbing members, have different sizes to match the nail sizes of different fingers.

6. A nail care or finger care tool according to claim 1, which has a section indicating the name of the nail on which the tool is placed and/or position where the tool is placed.

7. A nail care or finger care set combining a multiple number of nail care or finger care tools according to claim 6, wherein the tools, including the liquid-absorbing members, have different sizes to match the nail sizes of different fingers.

8. A nail care or finger care tool according to claim 2, wherein the elastic bag-like material is made of rubber.

9. A nail care or finger care set combining a multiple number of nail care or finger care tools according to claim 1, wherein the tools, including the liquid-absorbing members, have different sizes to match the nail sizes of different fingers.