Fingernail clipper
OwnerAshley Stricklandinventor
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for a handheld nail clipper having generally the shape of a pistol for being easily and comfortably held in the hand of a user. The nail clipper has a plurality of user selectable replaceable blades so that the nails of the user can be cut into a plurality of shapes. The enclosure is designed to provide for a plurality of replacement blades so that the fingernail of the user can be held in a nail holder having a slot therein for receiving the tip of the fingernail so that the fingernail can be cut by the nail cutter blade as the cutter blade is activated by a moveable hand grip which is operated by the user.
Claims18
A fingernail clipper useable with replaceable cutting blades for trimming a fingernail of a finger in a plurality of shapes, comprising:
- (a) a pistol shaped housing having a stationary hand grip extending downwardly from a rear end of said housing and a movable hand grip disposed in front of said stationary hand grip and extending downwardly from said housing;
- (b) a nail holder having a slot therein, said slot for receiving the fingernail to be trimmed;
- (c) a finger rest upon which the finger having the fingernail to be trimmed is rested, said finger rest being disposed behind said nail holder;
- (d) a cutting blade mounted in front of and contiguously to said nail holder, said cutting blade being movable vertically across said slot to permit the fingernail to be trimmed;
- (e) wherein said cutting blade moves in response to movement of said movable hand grip;
- (f) wherein said cutting blade is replaceable with cutting blades having a plurality of user selectable shapes for cutting the fingernail into a B plurality of shapes;
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- (g) a rotatable elongated screw shaft joined to said finger rest wherein said finger rest moves forwardly or backwardly as said elongated screw shaft is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise.
A method for assembling a fingernail clipper useable with replaceable cutting blades for trimming a fingernail of a finger in a plurality of shapes, comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a pistol shaped housing having a stationary hand grip extending downwardly from a rear end of said housing and mounting a movable hand grip in front of the stationary hand grip extending downwardly from the housing;
- (b) mounting a nail holder having a slot therein on an upper part of the pistol shaped housing, the slot for receiving the fingernail to be trimmed;
- (c) mounting a finger rest upon which the finger having the fingernail to be trimmed is rested on an upper part of the pistol shaped housing, the finger rest being disposed behind the nail holder;
- (d) mounting a cutting blade in front of and contiguously to the nail holder, the cutting blade being movable vertically across the slot to permit the fingernail to be trimmed;
- (e) wherein the cutting blade moves in response to movement of the movable hand grip;
- (f) wherein the cutting blade is replaceable with cutting blades having a plurality of user selectable shapes for cutting the fingernail into a plurality of shapes and
- (g) joining a rotatable elongated screw shaft to the finger rest wherein the finger rest moves forwardly or backwardly as the elongated screw shaft is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.