US 12,317,984 B2Granted

Actuating nail file assembly and method

OwnerJames Scott Reeder, Grant H. Reeder +1inventors

InventorsJames Scott Reeder, Grant H. Reeder, Rachel K. Reeder

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Abstract

The actuating nail file assembly includes a housing, a controller, a circuit board, a powertrain, a slider, a head, and a power supply. The assembly is configured to selectively induce actuation of the head in one or more directions. The head is configured to engage a nail of a user, such as fingernail or toenail, and work a surface or edge of the nail to a desired condition. The head may be configured to file the nail by containing an abrasive surface configured to removed portions of the nail. Alternatively, the head may be configured to polish the nail by containing a polishing surface texture. The controller regulates the operation of the powertrain. The powertrain selectively induces radial and linear movement of the head in a plurality of directions so as to repetitively alternate between at least two opposing directions.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An actuating nail file assembly, comprising:

a housing;
a power supply;
a powertrain in communication with the power supply, the powertrain configured to output an alternating radial and linear movement, the powertrain having a stem and a coupler, the stem extending between the powertrain and the coupler, the powertrain configured to selectively pivot the stem so as to induce a radial arc of motion;
a slider coupled to the powertrain through the coupler so as to receive the alternating linear and radial arc movement, the slider configured to radially move within a slot within the housing in response to the alternating linear and radial arc movement of the powertrain;
a head coupled to the slider external to the housing, the head configured to move radially with the slider;
and
a controller configured to regulate the operation of the powertrain;
wherein the file assembly is configured to repetitively alternate between at least two opposing directions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.