Screw nail correcting apparatus
OwnerFatma Gulru Erdoganinventor
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Abstract
A screw nail correcting apparatus used for treating ingrown nails seen in human feet and/or hands adapts to different nail widths and to the changes that may occur in time on the same nail and practically enables pulling of the nail with an amount of force complying with the requirement. The fact that the apparatus is not a single piece and that it can be mounted separately from both sides of the nail provides ease of use, and the screw mobile part in the middle thereof helps to adjust the tautness according to the requirement of the nail at the concerned moment.
Claims15
A nail correcting apparatus, which is used for treating ingrown nails seen in human feet and/or hands, and which can be adjusted according to different nail widths and changes that can occur in time on the same nail comprising:
- pins enabling connection of adjustment billets;
- adjustment billets with pinholes and screw sockets on them that can move forward and backward on the pins, so as to approach towards or away from each other;
- a screw, which can be twisted on its own axis, enabling the adjustment billets to move towards or away from each other;
- an adjustment nut with key holes mounted on the screw enabling the screw to be twisted around its own axis;
- a key adjustable to key holes on the adjustment nut enabling the adjustment nut to be twisted leading to the screw's movements;
- ratchet clasps, connected to the screw from both sides, which enable mainly elastic/semi elastic bands to be tightened and not to be easily detached;
- elastic/semi-elastic bands with ratchet holes on it, that can be applied in an adjustable fashion, through ratchet parts to the ratchet clasps from both sides;
- rings that can be applied directly on the screw or to the adjustment billets, connecting the ratchet clasps to the screw in a tight manner;
- additional clasps which further connect the ratchet clasps with the screw so the screw doesn't slip or move;
- nuts which may enable the elastic/semi elastic bands to be connected to the screw by means of contralateral ratchet holes, when required;
- a supporting apparatus placed under the nail which help to loosen inward nail curves by tightening and expanding as required;
- a bolster placed between the nail and the apparatus helping the apparatus to be kept in place without slipping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.