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US 2014/0190506 A1Published application
Method for capturing fingernail clippings
OwnerGurami Darjaniainventor
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Abstract
The present invention includes method and apparatus for aiding in the trimming of fingernails and provides a fabric cone with slits in the side for putting hands inside the cone and a transparent top cover over the large part of the cone so that a person can trim their fingernails while inside the fabric cone and observe the process through the transparent cover and retain within the cone any flying fingernail fragments that might otherwise be causing problems.
Claims12
A method of capturing and disposal of nail clippings comprising the steps of:
- providing a conical shaped fabric container means configured for receiving therein a plurality of appendages, and for containing therein nail clippings separated from one of said plurality of appendages;
- providing a wire loop means configured for holding open a larger diameter portion of said container means;
- providing a fabric flap means for selectively opening an exit port to said container means;
- where said means for selectively opening permits nail clippings to be removed from said container means;
- providing a snap means for securing said fabric flap means into a position for closing said exit port;
- providing a transparent cover means configured for enclosing said larger diameter portion of said container means so that an inside of said container means is visible from outside said container means;
- receiving a plurality of appendages within said container means;
- containing within said container means nail clippings separated from one of said plurality of appendages;
- selectively opening said exit port;
- and
- removing said nail clippings from said container means through said exit port.
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A method of capturing and disposal of nail clippings comprising the steps of:
- providing a container means configured for receiving therein a plurality of appendages, and for containing therein nail clippings separated from one of said plurality of appendages;
- providing a means configured for defining a portion of said container means;
- providing a transparent cover means configured for enclosing said portion of said container means so that an inside of said container means is visible from outside said container means;
- receiving a plurality of appendages within said container means;
- containing within said container means nail clippings separated from one of said plurality of appendages;
- selectively opening said container means;
- and
- removing said nail clippings from said container means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.