Flexible artificial fingernail

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.

Description

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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Benefits of technology

[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

Problems solved by technology

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, sports such as volleyball, cleaning, scrubbing, etc and other very vigorous activities in which repetitive forceful contact with strong opposing forces occurs on a regular basis.

This is because the artificial nail is prone to break or at least be marred.

Unfortunately, preformed nails of the prior art are rigid and cannot be used for vigorous activities.

Forming the nails in situ is not satisfactory for many people either because of the time, odor or other reasons.

Moreover, artificial fingernails formed in situ are also not both rigid enough to be durable and also appropriate for vigorous physical activities

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