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US 6,296,836 B1Granted
Decorated nails
OwnerMichelle Englerinventor
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Abstract
Decorated nails and methods therefor preferably using tissue paper and metallic foils. Crumbled pieces of metallic foil or pieces of tissue paper are mixed with a substantially clear polish and applied to a nail with the pieces in an overlapping relationship or immediately adjacent one another to present a textured or stained-glass effect, respectively. Alternatively, a thin layer of a metallic foil or tissue paper may be affixed to the nail over an adhesive layer. A substantially clear top sealing layer is applied over the decorated nail.
Claims5
Nail decorating, comprising the steps of:
- applying a sticky adhesive over the nail, the nail adhesive being sticky even when dry;
- allowing the adhesive to dry;
- affixing a layer of metallic sheet material over the sticky adhesive;
- coating the metallic foil layer with a clear polish.
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A decorated nail, comprising:
- a nail layer;
- a first ornamental layer formed of a plurality of tissue paper pieces in either an overlapping relationship or immediately adjacent another piece and secured over at least a portion of said nail layer with an adhesive;
- a substantially clear polish layer over said first ornamental layer;
- a second ornamental layer formed of crumbled metallic sheet material mixed with substantially clear polish over at least a portion of said nail layer.
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A decorated nail, comprising:
- a first nail layer;
- a second sticky adhesive layer over said layer;
- a third layer of metallic sheet material affixed over said sticky adhesive layer;
- a fourth layer applied over a portion of said third layer, including substantially clear polish and crumbled pieces of metallic sheet material, said crumbled pieces being in either an overlapping relationship or immediately adjacent another piece;
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- a fifth sealing layer over said fourth layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.