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US 6,601,588 B1Granted
Pedicure file with removable handle
AssigneeOPI Products, Inc.
InventorsJulie Baltierra, Gavril A. Horvath
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for tooling and locking a handle to a pedicure blade is disclosed. The method and apparatus member presents an entire surface of the pedicure member to be available for use, the curving of the surface allows easy access to calluses in hard to reach areas, the blade thus may be sanitized in a disinfectant and the size of the blade is more convenient for storage.
Claims27
An apparatus comprising:
- a pedicure blade;
- a pedicure blade handle comprising a base and a pair of arm portions extending from the base the arm portions coupled to the pedicure blade;
- and
- a locking insert disposed between the arm portions of the handle such that the insert is slidable up and down at least a portion of an interior of the handle and in a first position coupled to the pedicure blade for releasably locking the handle to the blade, wherein the blade has a first side and a second side, a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to the first end surface, the first side and the second side each defining a pedicure surface, and at least one of the first end surface and the second end surface defining a cavity therein.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a pedicure blade;
- a pedicure blade handle comprising a base and a pair of arm portions extending from the base the arm portions coupled to the pedicure blade;
- and
- a locking insert disposed between the arm portions of the handle such that the insert is slidable up and down at least a portion of an interior of the handle and in a first position coupled to the pedicure blade for releasably locking the handle to the blade, wherein the insert is removable from the handle.
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A method comprising:
- flexing a pair of handle arms on a handle;
- positioning the pair of handle arms in a cavity in a pedicure blade;
- releasing the pair of handle arms from the flexed position;
- sliding an insert into the remainder of the cavity left by the handle arms;
- and locking the handle arms in place in the blade.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a pedicure blade having a cavity portion defined by an end surface thereof, a handle and an insert;
- means for engaging the cavity portion of the pedicure blade with the handle;
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- means for releasably locking the handle to the cavity portion of the blade.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a pedicure blade;
- a pedicure blade handle comprising a base and a pair of arm portions extending from the base the arm portions coupled to the pedicure blade;
- and
- a locking insert disposed between the arm portions of the handle such that the insert is slidable up and down at least a portion of an interior of the handle and in a first position coupled to the pedicure blade for releasably locking the handle to the blade, wherein the locking insert is configured such that, by sliding the locking insert up the interior of the handle towards the blade, the handle releasably locks to the pedicure blade and, by sliding the locking insert down the interior of the handle away from the blade, the handle is released from the pedicure blade.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a pedicure blade;
- a pedicure blade handle comprising a base and a pair of arm portions extending from the base the arm portions coupled to the pedicure blade;
- and
- a locking insert disposed between the arm portions of the handle such that the insert is slidable up and down at least a portion of an interior of the handle and in a first position coupled to the pedicure blade for releasably locking the handle to the blade, wherein the pedicure blade includes a first opening portion and a second opening portion formed opposite to the first opening portion, said first and second opening portions are configured to receive at least a portion of the pedicure blade handle to enable the handle to be releasably secured to either end of the pedicure blade.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.