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US 2003/0152411 A1Published application
Nail care accessory
OwnerNicci Prokoposinventor
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A nail care accessory which is in a form of a housing with a tight fitting lid which can be pulled off to reveal an applicator to which a nail varnish, nail varnish remover or other substance for treatment of the nails, is conveyed by internal channels from a reservoir inside the housing. The applicator is protruded and retracted by applying pressure to elastic parts of the housing. The reservoir may be replaceable or refillable or the reservoir and applicator as a unit may be exchanged to allow use of different colours. A nail varnish applicator and a nail varnish remover can be incorporated in a single accessory, located end to end so that one is at one end and the other at the other end, of the accessory. A flow control valve may be provided, actuated by pressure on the applicator when substance is being applied to a nail. The walls of eth reservoir can be made compressible to allow pressure to be applied, to place the substance under pressure, to assist in it coming out of the accessory at the applicator.
An accessory for a nail care substance which has a reservoir for the substance, an applicator for the substance and is characterised by channels for conveying the substance from the reservoir to the applicator and by a means of enclosing the applicator within a housing of the accessory.
An accessory for care of nails as herein generally described.
An accessory for care of nails as herein specifically described with reference to any one of FIGS. 1 to 9, FIG. 10, FIG. 11 or FIGS. 12 to 15, of the drawings and as illustrated.
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