# US 5,349,969 A · Nail file protector device

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- Number: US 5,349,969 A
- Document ID: US5349969A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/035,990
- Filed: 1993-03-23
- Granted: 1994-09-27
- Earliest claimed: 1993-03-23
- Inventors: Trudy Price
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5349969A

## CPC

- A45D 29/04: Nail files, e.g. manually operated
- A45D: HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT (wigs, toupees or the like A41G3/00, A41G5/00; hairdressers' chairs A47C1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B); EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING

## Abstract

A nail file holder device of strong molded material, having a vertical extension of the same width and thickness of a standard nail file that provides a means for protecting, maintaining and conserving said standard nail file.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A nail file protector comprising:
a base handle of strong, molded material, said base handle having a first side panel and a second side panel opposing each other; a top panel and a bottom panel bordering said first and second side panels and a slot formed between said panels, said slot being sized and shaped to receive a non-metallic nail file;
said second side panel having a longer length than said first side panel in a longitudinal direction thereof, said longer length forming a support extension which extends along an inserted non-metallic nail file to provide support and rigidity to the inserted nail file and leaving a first filing surface of said nail file exposed while substantially covering a second filing surface of the nail file.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A nail file protector device as in claim 1, wherein said support extension is of equal width and thickness as a non-metallic nail file, and said support extension provides means for preventing the non-metallic nail file from bending excessively or breaking when in use by providing a support means to the nail file in use.