Decorative artificial fingernails and apparatus for use by children
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorPatricia Paxson
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AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorPatricia Paxson
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A fingernail apparatus includes a base supporting a nail press station and a sprue cutting station in a spaced apart relationship. A sprue support is movably supported between the press station and the sprue cutting station. The sprue support receives one or more arcuate sprues having pluralities of radially extending artificial fingernails supported thereby. The sprue support also receives a nail cap sprue having an arcuate shape and supporting a corresponding plurality of radially extending nail caps. Each artificial nail is constructed to receive a corresponding nail cap in a snap-fit attachment. A space is created between the nail and its nail cap which receives a plurality of ornament objects. The sprue support is movable to the pressing station to snap-fit each nail cap within its underlying artificial nail. Thereafter, the sprue support is further movable to position each nail cap and artificial nail pair within the sprue cutting station to facilitate separation thereof from the sprue in a cutting operation. The separated nail and nail cap combinations captivating ornament articles therein are collected in a drawer formed within the base.
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