Flexible artificial fingernail

a flexible, artificial finger technology, applied in the field of artificial finger nails, can solve the problems of difficult to maintain diverse roles at the same time, many artificial nails are not durable, and the understanding of the need to engage in a whole variety

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-01-20
BURNS STEPHENIE
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[0007]In one aspect of the present invention, there is presented an artificial fingernail, comprising an inner adhering layer over at least a portion of a human fingernail, an outer layer made of silicone in a thickness of between 6 mils and 50 mils and having an original shape, the outer layer containing an attached portion situated directly over the adhering layer and a

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The problem is that women, besides wanting to look attractive, also understandably need to engage in a whole variety of vigorous activities that are not conducive to wearing long nails and particularly not artificial fingernails.
These diverse roles are difficult to simultaneously maintain.
Many artificial nails are not durable.
Other artificial fingernails that may last longer, such as U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,060,073, 5,770184 and 5,632,973 to Keller which utilize polyvinyl chloride, are still not specifically designed for and cannot reasonably be worn while engaged in vigorous activities such as vigorous exercise,

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[0029]The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

[0030]The present invention generally provides an artificial fingernail for covering a human fingernail that may be comprised of a silicone material that is rigid enough to hold its form and flexible enough to allow the wearer to engage in vigorous sports, cooking or any other activity. The finger nail flexes 90 degrees or more upon contact and springs back to its original form. The artificial fingernail may be attached via an adhesive layer.

[0031]In contrast to the prior art artificial fingernails, in which the artificial fingernail may break, crack or be damaged during any activity involving coming into contact with objects, the artificial fingernail ...

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Abstract

An artificial fingernail has an outer layer made of silicone allowing the nail to maintain its form when not in contact with objects but permitting the nail to flex upon contact with objects and bend back to its original shape after contact. Accordingly, the wearer can simultaneously look attractive and engage in vigorous exercise or other vigorous activities such as scrubbing, cleaning, cooking etc. The artificial fingernail may also be combined with jewelry and may be molded with cut-out designs.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention generally relates to apparatus and methods for artificial fingernails and, more particularly, to apparatus and methods of artificial fingernails that can be worn while engaging in vigorous activities.[0002]Artificial fingernails are used to beautify, correct, strengthen and protect natural fingernails. With regard to beauty, consumers want the appearance of long, smooth, nicely shaped fingernails. There are many people who simply cannot grow long beautiful nails, something they want very much to do.[0003]Artificial fingernails that are attractive generally comprise a synthetic material intended to convey attractive looking nails, like a real fingernail. Such artificial fingernails are rigid like a real fingernail. The problem is that women, besides wanting to look attractive, also understandably need to engage in a whole variety of vigorous activities that are not conducive to wearing long nails and particularly not artificial f...

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IPC IPC(8): A45D29/00A44C25/00
CPCA45D31/00A44C15/008
Inventor BURNS, STEPHENIE
Owner BURNS STEPHENIE
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