Finger cover
OwnerWanda Santiagoinventor
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Abstract
A finger cover for providing additional friction when handing paper and protection a user's fingernail is provided. The finger cover includes an elongated tubular sleeve having open ends for receiving a user's finger, whereby the open ends accommodate users with long fingernails; and a gripping surface on an outer surface of the tubular sleeve for providing additional friction when handing paper. The invention also includes a fingernail protection portion held in place by the sleeve. The fingernail protection portion is substantially planar in shape and includes a horizontal slit located between its ends for insertion of a user's fingernail therethrough.
Claims11
A finger cover for providing additional friction when handing paper comprising:
- an elongated tubular sleeve having an open distal end and an open proximal end for receiving a user's finger, whereby the open distal end accommodates users with long fingernails;
- a gripping surface on an outer surface of said tubular sleeve for providing additional friction when handing paper;
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- a fingernail protection portion attachable to said sleeve that includes a substantially horizontal slit located between distal and proximal ends thereof.
A finger cover for providing additional friction when handing paper and protecting a user's fingernail, comprising:
- an elongated tubular sleeve having an open distal end and an open proximal end for receiving a user's finger, whereby the open distal end accommodates users with long fingernails;
- a gripping surface on an outer surface of said tubular sleeve for providing additional friction when handing paper;
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- a fingernail protection portion held in place by said sleeve comprising a substantially planar body portion having a downwardly convex curvature along the vertical edges to approximate the curvature of a fingernail;
- wherein the fingernail protection portion further comprises a substantially horizontal slit located between distal and proximal ends of the fingernail protection portion for insertion of a user's fingernail therethrough such that the distal end of the fingernail protection portion rests under a protruding portion of a user's fingernail and the proximal end of the fingernail protection portion rests atop a user's fingernail at or about the nail base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.