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US 2006/0137704 A1Published application
Nail treating tool and method of treating nails
OwnerAaron Tiraminventor
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Abstract
A nail treating tool having a graspable handle, a first treating surface, and a second treating surface. The first and second treating surfaces are interchangeably placeable in an operative position relative to the graspable handle such that the graspable handle can be grasped by a user and manipulated to bear one of the first and second treating surfaces that is in the operative position against a nail to effect treatment thereof.
Claims29
A nail treating tool comprising:
- a graspable handle;
- a support;
- a first treating surface for altering an exposed surface of a user's nail;
- and
- a second treating surface,
- the first and second treating surfaces both attached to the support and interchangeably placeable in an operative position relative to the graspable handle such that the graspable handle can be grasped in a first manner for use by a user and manipulated to bear one of the first and second treating surfaces that is in the operative position against a user's nail to effect treatment thereof,
- wherein the support is movable guidingly relative to the graspable handle to thereby selectively place the first and second treating surfaces in the operative position without separating the graspable handle and support from each other,
- the support movable relative to the graspable handle to selectively place the first and second treating surfaces in the operative position with the graspable handle continuously grasped in the first manner by a user.
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(canceled)
A method of treating nails, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a tool with a support with a graspable handle and first and second treating surfaces;
- placing the support and graspable handle in a first relative position wherein the first treating surface is in an operative position;
- grasping the graspable handle in a first manner and manipulating the graspable handle to bear the first treating surface against a user's nail to effect treatment thereof;
- while continuing to grasp the graspable handle in the first manner, relatively moving the graspable handle and support without separating the graspable handle and support from each other and thereby placing the support and graspable handle in a second relative position wherein the second treating surface is in an operative position;
- and
- manipulating the graspable handle to bear the second treating surface against a user's nail to effect treatment thereof.
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A nail treating tool comprising:
- a graspable handle;
- a support;
- a first treating surface on the support for altering an exposed surface of
- a user's nail;
- and
- a second treating surface on the support,
- the first and second treating surfaces interchangeably placeable in an operative position relative to the graspable handle such that the graspable handle can be grasped by a user and manipulated to bear one of the first and second treating surfaces that is in the operative position against a user's nail to effect treatment thereof,
- the graspable handle and support selectively snap fittable together and separable from each other without requiring the use of tools or separate fasteners.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.