Artificial nails including application tabs
AssigneePacific World Corporation
InventorsJoseph Michael Fracassi, Jeanine Catherine Coppola
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Abstract
A kit including a package containing a plurality of preformed artificial nails having an application tab that removably clings to a surface of the nail, the application tab assembly including a body protruding from the nail, an attachment portion, and, optionally, an adhesive disposed between the body and the artificial nail. The clinging portion of the attachment portion, and the adhesive, if utilized, leaves substantially no residue on the artificial nail when the application tab assembly is removed from the surface of the artificial nail.
Claims30
A kit of preformed artificial nails, the kit comprising:
- (1) a plurality of preformed artificial nail assemblies for placement on a natural nail by a user, each said artificial nail assembly comprising:
- (a) an artificial nail sized to correspond to at least a portion of said natural nail, said artificial nail including an upper surface and a lower surface, and
- (b) a one-piece application tab assembly temporarily adhered to the upper surface of said artificial nail, said application tab assembly comprising:
- (i) an attachment portion, wherein at least a portion of said attachment portion comprises a clingy portion having sufficient tackiness to temporarily adhere to said upper surface,
- (ii) a body portion, wherein at least a portion of said body portion protrudes from said upper surface and is of sufficient size to be grasped by a user to manipulate said application tab assembly and related artificial nail, and
- (iii) a flange portion;
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- (2) a package containing said plurality of preformed artificial nail assemblies.
A preformed artificial nail assembly for placement on a natural nail, the artificial nail assembly comprising:
- (1) an artificial nail body sized to correspond to at least a portion of said natural nail, said nail body including an upper surface and a lower surface, and
- (2) a one-piece application tab assembly temporarily adhered to the upper surface of said nail body, said application tab assembly comprising:
- (a) an attachment portion, wherein at least a portion of said attachment portion comprises a clingy portion having sufficient tackiness to temporarily adhere to said upper surface, and
- (b) a body portion, wherein at least a portion of said body portion protrudes from said upper surface and is of sufficient size to be grasped by a user to manipulate said application tab assembly and said artificial nail body, and
- (c) a flange portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.