Nail Device (e.g., Manicuring Implement) Patents (Class 132/73)
  • Patent number: 11974648
    Abstract: A makeup and skincare applicator comprising, a head, a neck, and a handle, wherein the head has an indentation near the neck and is designed to have a convex end at the tip and the handle can be flat or circular in shape with a round end and the makeup and skincare applicator resembles the shape of a spoon and is ergonomically designed and is made of natural or artificial stone or mineral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Jennifer Sugermeyer
  • Patent number: 11969068
    Abstract: The present inventive subject matter relates to a portable electronic device housing having an opening for receiving a hand or foot wherein the housing has interior positioned LEDs for emitting light onto the nails of the hand or foot to cure nail care preparations applied thereto. The device includes removably attachable top and bottom trim to which can be substituted with different top and bottom trim for different visual appearances. In addition, the disclosed device includes a slidably attached base plate that is movable to a first position for curing of fingernails of the hand and is movable to a second position for curing of toenails of the foot. The base plate includes protrusions for a tactile indicator to a user of proper positioning of a hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Kupa, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard B. Hurter
  • Patent number: 11931284
    Abstract: A brace and kit of braces with a method of use. The multi-digit brace includes first and second arcuate members coupled together by top and bottom bridge members. There are raised rails disposed about the circumference of the brace that form a band track within which an elastic band may be disposed to secure the brace to the fingers/toes of a hand/foot. The arcuate members are thinner near the bottom to allow for greater flex/bend of adjacent joints. The arcuate members are spaced from each other and form an hourglass shaped void therebetween. The arcuate members may form complete circles or may have gaps. The kit may include a plurality of braces and a plurality of bands/wraps/straps. The method includes installing a plurality of braces so that they face back-to-back towards a middle joint with thinner regions of each brace near the palmar side of the middle joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: FIGHT FINGERS, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Mayer, David Z. Tusek, Rodney E. Ward
  • Patent number: 11832702
    Abstract: A selectively removable and protective nail cover kit that includes one or more elastically deformable and unitary bodies each having a sidewall with an outer surface, with a first end enclosing and defining a lower aperture, with a second end opposing the first end of the sidewall, defining a body length separating the first and second ends of the sidewall, of a practical sidewall thickness spanning the body length, and with an inner surface defining a nail placement cavity that is enclosed by the sidewall and preformed into an arcuate shape, spans from the lower aperture and terminating at an upper internal wall of the elastically deformable and unitary body that is disposed proximal to the second end of the sidewall, and of a length less than 2 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Tara Paquin
  • Patent number: 11798664
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing custom fit artificial nails includes a 3D surface scanning module and a 3D printing module and use thereof. A central processing module is connected to the 3D surface scanning module and the 3D printing module and performs: operating the 3D surface scanning module to obtain an image of a user's hands/feet; processing the image to create an input 3D model of nails of the user; generating an output 3D model corresponding to artificial nails matching dimensions of the user's nails according to the 3D input model; operating the 3D printing module to manufacture artificial nails according to the output 3D model; and generating medical data by correlating the identified features of the user's nails with known medical conditions, in order to diagnose a medical condition of the user which is known to exhibit the identified features as a symptom. Alternatively, or additionally, medicinal ingredient may be included in the artificial nail to treat the medical condition of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: H3ALTH TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Elias Gedamu
  • Patent number: 11771583
    Abstract: The arm-casting stand may comprise a base, an elbow cushion, a horizontal armature, an arm support, and a vertical armature. The arm-casting stand may be adapted to support and position an arm of a patient while a medical procedure is performed. The arm-casting stand may eliminate the need for a staff member to manually support the arm and may enhance the comfort of the patient. The base may be placed upon a work surface adjacent to the patient. The elbow cushion may be adapted for resting a portion of the arm upon. The elbow cushion may be held at a specific position relative to the base by the horizontal armature. The arm support may be adapted for elevating a portion of the arm. The arm support may be held at a specific position relative to the base by the vertical armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Kevin Fuller
  • Patent number: 11751659
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cleaning or sanitizing a finger. A container has an interior sized to receive a finger, the container having a bottom portion and a wall portion extending from the bottom portion to an opening along an edge of the wall portion through which the finger may be received. The wall portion and bottom portion each have an interior surface within the container. A plurality of bristles extend from an interior surface of the container for contact with a portion of the finger when liquid is in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Geoffrey Porter Carroll
  • Patent number: 11745499
    Abstract: A printer includes a print head and a processor. The print head ejects ink from nozzles to a printing medium while moving in a first direction, and also moves in a second direction intersecting with the first direction by a moving amount that is a dimension in the second direction of each of blocks into which the nozzles are divided in the second direction. Based on a position of the printing medium and the dimension, the processor determines whether to perform printing in a first mode or a second mode. A printing start position in the second direction of the print head is set such that a position in the second direction of one of boundaries between mutually adjacent blocks coincides, in the first mode, with a position of a back end of a printing region, and in the second mode, with a position of a front end of the printing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 11738576
    Abstract: Disclosed is a printing device including: a finger stage on which a finger corresponding to a nail is placed, the nail being a printing target; a carriage which has at least one reflector; and a camera which obtains at least an image of the nail of the finger placed on the finger stage from an upper direction and an image of the nail of the finger reflected in the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumihiro Osakabe
  • Patent number: 11717070
    Abstract: Systems and methods of adaptive nail printing and collaborative beauty platform hosting are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, to decorate a physical target. The method can further include determining a size of the physical target and adapting dimensions of the design to the size of the physical target. In a further embodiment, the design having the dimensions that have been adapted on to the physical target is printed. Moreover, content can be depicted while printing the design onto the physical target to decorate the physical target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Preemadonna Inc.
    Inventors: Herpreet Walia, Casey Schulz, Christina Trampota, Kyra Wayne
  • Patent number: 11690433
    Abstract: A nail care tool having an ergonomic elongated handle and a removable operational head attached to the handle is presented. The tool also has a removable scraper or end tip inserted in one of the ends of the handle, useful in cleaning critical cuticle areas. The operational head has adhered to it a lining of material commonly used in the nail care and maintenance processes; for instance, it may be a nail polish removal material or a nail buffing material. In some embodiments of the invention, the ergonomic handle and the head are interconnected in a nonpermanent manner by a male/female system; in such embodiments, the head may be engage or connected to the handle by screwing the head to the handle and, it may be disengaged or disconnected, by simply unscrewing it from the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Johanna Alicea-GarcĂ­a
  • Patent number: 11588950
    Abstract: Provided is a printing device that can accurately perform printing on a recording medium. The printing device includes: a frame member disposed to surround a nail tip; a printing unit configured to perform printing on the nail tip surrounded by the frame member; a communication part configured to acquire print information which is generated based on an image obtained by capturing the frame member and the nail tip and indicates a layout of printing to be applied to the nail tip in a printable region defined by the frame member; and a print control part configured to control the printing unit based on the acquired print information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sakai, Yoshihiko Imura
  • Patent number: 11558524
    Abstract: Disclosed is a printing device including: a finger stage which has a nail rest, having an identifier, to place a tip of a nail, the nail being a printing target, and on which a finger corresponding to the nail is placed; and at least one camera which obtains an image from a first direction and an image from a second direction. The identifier which detects a position of the nail is provided on one surface of the nail rest such that the identifier does not exist in the image from the first direction but the identifier exists in the image from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11547656
    Abstract: A skin treatment composition is described comprising a cryopreserved blend of natural materials including at least two components selected from the group consisting of wheat grass juice, wheat grass pulp, shea butter, cocoa powder, rice flour, coffee, jojoba oil, hemp oil, castor oil, and sugarcane juice. The skincare treatment composition is applied with a specialty applicator that is frozen into the compound during processing. Methods of making, packaging and using the compositions also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Luz Sarmiento Biscotti, Suzanne Biscotti
  • Patent number: 11536428
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a light passing cover, a battery, a power circuit, a power switch and a light source plate. The top cover has an opening part for defining a light opening. The bottom cover is fixed to the top cover forming a containing space. The light passing cover has a larger diameter than the light opening. A peripheral edge of the light passing cover engages an inner surface of the opening part of the top cover. The battery is stored in the container space. The power circuit is connected to the battery for providing a current to the LED modules of the light source plate. The power switch is connected to the power circuit to control the LED modules. The light source plate has a top side mounted with multiple LED modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shouqiang Hou, Xiaoliang Wen, Qingguang Zeng
  • Patent number: 11470945
    Abstract: A pen has an external shape similar to that of a ballpoint pen or fountain pen. The pen includes a cavity in the tube type pen body for receiving gel varnish, and a brush for applying this to a finger nail. At the front end of the pen body, a sleeve is positioned which can be screwed on, and contained therein are LED/LEV lights, with a battery, for curing the applied gel varnish with UV light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Yves Swiss AG
    Inventor: Claude Niedermann
  • Patent number: 11445801
    Abstract: Process for making up an area of human keratin materials (P) using a makeup device having a transfer surface and a coat of at least one cosmetic colouring ink (4) borne by the transfer surface and obtained by printing using at least one digital printer, the colouring ink being intended to be applied to the keratin materials (P), the process comprising the following steps: —transferring at least part of the coat of cosmetic ink (4) onto the area (P) to be made up by placing the coat of ink (4) in contact with the area (P) to be made up, and then —forming a protective coating (8) by applying at least one composition comprising a film-forming polymer onto the area (P) of keratin materials to be made up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Henri Samain, Franck Giron, Chrystele Gevrey
  • Patent number: 11440323
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a mobile object, a moving mechanism, and a functional mechanism. The mobile object has a first contact member and performs a moving operation within a drawing area and a set drawing operation on a drawing medium. The moving mechanism moves the mobile object. The functional mechanism has a portion located within the drawing area and takes a standby state and a function exercised state in which a set function is exercised. The functional mechanism includes a movable portion having a second contact member. In an abutting state where the first contact member and the second contact member come into contact with each other outside the drawing area, the mobile object moves along a movable direction of the movable portion so that the movable portion moves to bring the functional mechanism into the function exercised state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Hori
  • Patent number: 11344098
    Abstract: The invention relates to an article comprising a decorative element to be applied to a person's skin or nail, said decorative element comprising: a decoration to be transferred to a person's skin or nail, said decoration comprising a decorative layer; a support film supporting said decoration, said support film being removably attached to a first outer surface of the decorative layer; a layer of inert adhesive which is applied to a second outer surface of the decorative layer and which can be activated by an activator, and an activator comprising a fluid, pasty, semi-pasty, or solid component which can be applied to a person's skin or nails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: L V M H RECHERCHE
    Inventor: Marc Chevalier
  • Patent number: 11337506
    Abstract: An improved nail polish bottle includes a receptacle having an inner volume configured to retain a nail polish substance. The receptacle having two openings with a pair of coupling members attached to the two openings. The pair of coupling members configured to couple two nail polish cap and brush assemblies. Each nail polish cap and brush assembly includes a different brush type. One is a standard brush for general nail polish use and the other is detailed brush for fine detailed work, such as nail art. The caps on the assemblies may include different shapes or designs so the user knows which cap corresponds to a specific brush. Both brush types share the same nail polish substance in the inner volume of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ben Thai Pham, Kristy Tran
  • Patent number: 11247163
    Abstract: An air purification unit is provided for individuals seated at a table that has a unit body adapted to be mounted at a mounting height at or above the approximate head height of individuals seated at the table, and in a position between the individuals. A motorized fan system is provided within the unit body that is configured to draw air from at least one inlet proximate the bottom of the unit body. A filter is positioned in communication with the inlet and the fan system for filtering air drawn through the inlet. The unit body has at least two ducted outlets disposed radially or axially for discharging filtered air toward the individuals, while the unit prevents cross-flow of breath air between the individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: AGS ZEPHYR INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Goto, Salvatore Alesio, Robert Sowka
  • Patent number: 11229272
    Abstract: A nail production system according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a first correction section and a first conversion section. The first correction section corrects shape data of an existing nail tip or an existing nail sticker on the basis of measurement data of a nail, to thereby generate shape data of an original nail tip or an original nail sticker. The first conversion section converts the shape data of the original nail tip or the original nail sticker that is generated by the first correction section into print data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiko Shiga, Tomomasa Watanabe, Naoko Ishiduka, Soichi Fukasawa, Yue Ouyang, Sachiko Takahashi, Nobuyuki Uchiyama, Akira Tange
  • Patent number: 11213103
    Abstract: Provided is a gel nail sticker including: a lower laminated part which is a part directly attached to a nail or a toenail, and has a color or a pattern, and is formed of a flexible material to correspond to a curved surface of the nail or the toenail; and an upper laminated part which is a transparent coated layer positioned on the lower laminated part and providing glossiness to a color or a pattern of the lower laminated part, and is in a flexible semi-solid state to correspond to the curved surface of the nail or the toenail before being attached to the nail or the toenail, and is cured to a solid state while maintaining a form attached to the nail or the toenail when an ultraviolet ray is irradiated to the upper laminated part after the upper laminated part is attached to the nail or the toenail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: GLLUGA INC.
    Inventors: Gi Hyun Yu, Tae Gyu Yoo, Jae Bak Ahn
  • Patent number: 11147353
    Abstract: A model reconstruction apparatus and method uses photogrammetry. The model reconstruction apparatus using photogrammetry may include an image-receiving unit for receiving image data in which images of a nail of a target, for which an artificial nail model is to be generated, and a standard specification object are taken together, an image-analyzing unit for recognizing shapes of a nail plate and a nail tip of the nail of the target from the image data, and determining parameters for the shape of the nail plate and the shape of the nail tip based on the standard specification object, and a model-generating unit for generating an artificial nail model based on the parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Mani.Me, Inc.
    Inventors: Jooyeon Song, David Miro Llopis
  • Patent number: 11134766
    Abstract: A cosmetics container having enhanced structural strength regardless of exterior container shape is provided. In the container body of the cosmetic container, the right side wall part and the left side wall part defined by the shape of the inside of the container body are configured to have a thickness in the main body upper portion that is thicker than the thickness in the main body middle portion. Also, the front wall part and the back wall part defined by the shape of the inside of the container body are configured such that in the main body lower portion. Additionally, the portions connecting sideways with the right side wall part and the left side wall part are thinner than in the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: AMG CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11064785
    Abstract: An apparatus, kit, and method for applying a decal to a nail of a human digit are provided. A base coat of base nail polish is applied to a nail. The base coat has a tacky surface when dry. A decal application product is pressed against the tacky surface of the base coat, and includes a substrate and at least one decal adhered thereto. The at least one decal and the substrate have a first adhesion coefficient therebetween. The at least one decal and the tacky surface have a second adhesion coefficient that is greater than the first adhesion coefficient to cause a subset of the at least one decal to adhere to the base coat. A top coat of a top nail polish is applied atop of the base coat and the subset of the at least one decal to seal the subset of the at least one decal and the base coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Spin Master Ltd.
    Inventors: Emma J. E. Peat, Jessica Livingston, Kyra Crilly, Paul A. Reynolds, Mollie B. Jameson
  • Patent number: 11045410
    Abstract: A powder composition for forming a cosmetic nail coating comprises an acrylic polymer or copolymer, and about 0.01 wt % to about 1.0 wt % of tertiary phosphine. The tertiary phosphine comprises three aryl groups, alkyl groups, or combination thereof. An example of the tertiary phosphine is a triaryl phosphine that may be substituted with 1 to 3 alkyl groups. A method of forming a cosmetic nail coating comprises the steps of (i) applying to a nail a cyanoacrylate adhesive; and (ii) contacting the nail with the powder composition. No application of an activator is necessary. The advantages of such a method include that fewer steps are needed in order to obtain a nail coating, the increased speed that the system cures, and a safer toxicological profile of the ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Mycone Dental Supply Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Kendra Gouse
  • Patent number: 11039522
    Abstract: A device that comprises a set of light sources such as light emitting diodes and method to control the light sources in accordance with input from a discriminator, which furthermore obtains its input from a signal such as an audio signal. A corresponding system and computer readable storage media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventor: Eliana J Fields
  • Patent number: 11003964
    Abstract: A predetermined area of a print surface is captured by a camera as a plurality of subdivided images to include an end edge portion of a previously printed image on a coating-target object, the end edge portion serving as a connection portion with an image to be drawn to be printed contiguous to the printed image, a composite print surface, which is a plane projection of the print-target surface which is non-plane, is created on the basis of the captured subdivided images, an edited image to be drawn is created by superimposing the image to be drawn on the composite print surface, and the image to be drawn is adjacently printed contiguous to the printed image on the basis of the edited image to be drawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kaiba, Shuusei Murai
  • Patent number: 10939739
    Abstract: A nail polish application apparatus, comprising a mounting element comprising a capsule compartment adapted to receive one or more capsules containing a nail polish fluid wherein the mounting element is moveable by actuator(s) in longitudinal axis crossing a nail polish applying space and in lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is rotatable by the actuator(s) around the longitudinal axis, a pressure applying element adapted to apply pressure on a body portion of the capsule(s) installed in the capsule compartment wherein the body portion defines a reservoir containing a nail polish fluid, the pressure builds an internal pressure in the reservoir forcing extrusion of the nail polish fluid to a nail polish applying element integrated with the capsule(s), sensor(s) adapted to generate sensory data depicting the nail polish applying space and a control unit adapted to operate the actuator(s) and the pressure according to analysis of the sensory data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Nailomatic Ltd.
    Inventors: Avichay Mor Yosef, Ron Miller, Gil Sokol, Omri Moran
  • Patent number: 10876791
    Abstract: A nail lamp is configured to cure light-curable nail product on a user's nail. The lamp includes a base and a support with discrete light sources that each may emit with the same or different light wavelength profiles, and each may emit continuously or with the same or different pulsing functions. The lamp also includes source reflectors and a ring reflector. The different wavelength profiles are configured to, in combination, cure a light-curable nail product. The pulsing function is used to cure the nail product more efficiently. The source reflectors and ring reflector are used to target specific areas of the nail. A space is disposed between the base and the support and is sized to accommodate therein the nails of an appendage of a user so as to expose the user's nails to light from the discrete light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: David Valia, Thong Vu, Daniel Moore, Juan Luis Heredia Ferrer, Sergio Garcia Paños, Yin-Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 10856640
    Abstract: A light source and a power source are held between upper and lower shells of a fake nail tip. The fake nail tip is provided with its shells hinged open and the light source unactivated. As the shells are brought together, an electrical contact is made between the power source and the light source, which causes the light source to illuminate the fake nail tip. The shells are then fastened together to maintain the light source illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher G Killips
  • Patent number: 10806231
    Abstract: A drawing apparatus includes a processor generating data for drawing according to a type of a target on which drawing is performed. The target is placed in a drawable area. The drawing apparatus further includes a drawing head drawing on the target placed in the drawable area on a basis of the data for drawing generated by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ken Sato
  • Patent number: 10729571
    Abstract: A hand support device and method for somatosensory input to the palm comprises a support portion and an attachment portion. The support portion forms a rounded surface that supports a hand of a user. The attachment portion attaches to a structure. The device activates purposeful motor movement with accurate motor control for users with Dyspraxia when employed in conjunction with evidence-based developmental pedagogy in high stimulating tasks such as music education per the Rancer Method (Kupferstein & Walsh, 2015). In one example, the hand support device attaches to a piano and clamps to the keyslip allowing the user to rest their hand while playing the piano. In another example, the hand support device is adapted to attach to a surface of a laptop or desk with a base surface that is disposed above the laptop, allowing the user to rest their hand while typing on the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Henny Kupferstein
  • Patent number: 10691987
    Abstract: A predetermined area of a print surface is captured by a camera as a plurality of subdivided images to include an end edge portion of a previously printed image on a coating-target object, the end edge portion serving as a connection portion with an image to be drawn to be printed contiguous to the printed image, a composite print surface, which is a plane projection of the print-target surface which is non-plane, is created on the basis of the captured subdivided images, an edited image to be drawn is created by superimposing the image to be drawn on the composite print surface, and the image to be drawn is adjacently printed contiguous to the printed image on the basis of the edited image to be drawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kaiba, Shuusei Murai
  • Patent number: 10639255
    Abstract: The invention relates to nail treatment system comprising at least one basecoat, at least one second coat, and optionally at least one topcoat, wherein the basecoat comprises water and at least one non-UV curable adhesive latex compound, and the second coat comprises at least one photocrosslinkable urethane (meth)acrylate and at least one (meth)acrylate monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: XianZhi Zhou, Chunhua Li, Hy Si Bui, Jean-Thierry Simonnet, Carl Riachi, Guillaume Kergosien
  • Patent number: 10548382
    Abstract: Nail gel curing devices emitting ultraviolet light, as well as methods of their making and use are disclosed. The devices are useful for curing, inter alia, acrylic compositions, more particularly, acrylic nail gel compositions, and typically employ ultraviolet and/or visible light emitting diodes (“LED”) to cure such ultraviolet and/or visible light curable nail gel resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Nail Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Kuo-Chang Cheng, Danny Lee Haile
  • Patent number: 10477941
    Abstract: Volatile liquid applicator systems and fume-filtering apparatuses and related method of use are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Zane Bowman Allen Miller
  • Patent number: 10470915
    Abstract: Described is an exercise tool. More particularly, it is a therapy and exercise tool specifically devised as a foot-therapy and toe-aligning device to align, separate, and stretch toes. The foot-therapy and toe-aligning device comprises a frame with a plurality of posts connected with the frame. The device is formed of an elastic material such that a user may place at least one of the plurality of posts between a user's toes and pull the post to stretch and elongate the post between the toes. Upon release, the elastic material of the post causes the post to attempt to return to its original shape, thereby causing it to expand out and conform its shape to fit snugly against the user's toes. Additionally, the elastic material allows the toe posts to be positioned and maintained at numerous locations between the user's toes for customizable positioning between the toes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FENF, LLC
    Inventor: Frederic Ferri
  • Patent number: 10463134
    Abstract: A replaceable nail tip display device, comprises a plurality of nail tips; a plurality of connectors, wherein each of the plurality of connectors is attached with each of the plurality of nail tips; a base; a plurality of connection bays formed on the base, wherein the plurality of connectors are configured to be securable and releasable from and the plurality of connection bays; and wherein each of the plurality of nail tips can be removed from or reattached to the base individually without moving others of the plurality of nail tips. Also a method of display a plurality of nail tips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: LiJuan Zhen
  • Patent number: 10404890
    Abstract: A manicure device comprises at least one intelligent terminal device (1), at least one measurement and drawing device (3), and at least one server (2) deployed on the Internet. At least one manicure application module (103) is installed in the intelligent terminal device (1). The manicure application module (103) can establish a connection to the server (2). The manicure application module (103) can control the measurement and drawing device (3) to complete nail pattern drawing. The manicure application module (103) can determine the health condition of a user according to nail information of the user. The manicure application module (103) can perform big data analysis for the user and push information to the user. A manicure method, a health management method, and an information pushing method based on the manicure device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventor: Naicheng Cao
  • Patent number: 10383424
    Abstract: A nail clipper includes a cutting unit which includes an inner elastic plate which is bent such that a pair of cutting blades faces each other and the inner elastic plate has elastic restoring force, an outer elastic plate which is bent to surround an outer surface of the inner elastic plate and has elastic restoring force, and a pushing plate which has one end assembled to a support shaft disposed in inner and outer shaft holes penetratively formed in the inner and outer elastic plates and elastically deforms the inner and outer elastic plates by being pushed; a handle unit which includes a first main body which has an internal space into which the cutting unit is inserted and disposed, and a scattering prevention unit prevents a cut object cut by the cutting blades from scattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: THREE SEVEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: SangMug Kim
  • Patent number: 10362852
    Abstract: An apparatus to support forearm, guide wrist, cradle and elevate hand to the proper height, position fingers and prevent movement of patron for a nail technician to maintain proper posture while performing a nail service. The apparatus comprises an angled ramp and a platform, supported by legs connected to the underside of surfaces. The angled ramp comprises a bottom edge that is wider than top edge, connected by two equal length sides with a wrist support on each side near top edge. The platform comprises a bottom edge that meets the top edge of the angled ramp. Top edge is more narrow than bottom edge and scalloped in the center with two hand supports located on each side, connected by two equal length sides. The invention is made of polymer but not limited to being produced in other materials such as rubber, aluminum, other metals or forms of plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Inventor: Lori Ellen Halloway
  • Patent number: 10334930
    Abstract: This invention is a product used in the delivery of a sanitization agent for sanitizing the under-the-fingernail (UTF) region. This product allows for: the keeping of a sanitization agent to be applied through the use of a nib; access to disposable nibs and a digger to remove objects in the UTF region. The sanitizing agent is applied through the nib for sanitization and disinfection of bacteria, viruses, common germs and other bodily-infecting agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Freshnails Sanitizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Bayan (Ben) Toeg, Sayed Dadshani, Gilad Shoham
  • Patent number: 10329458
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a selectively-releasable adhesive includes a base adhesive compound and a releasing compound that is blended with the base adhesive compound, the releasing compound being capable of decreasing the adhesive strength of the base adhesive compound when a releasing agent is applied to the selectively-releasable adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Global Biomedical Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Howard Rosing
  • Patent number: 10265209
    Abstract: Described is an exercise tool. More particularly, it is a therapy and exercise tool specifically devised as a foot-therapy and toe-aligning device to align, separate, and stretch toes. The foot-therapy and toe-aligning device comprises a frame with a plurality of posts connected with the frame. The device is formed of an elastic material such that a user may place at least one of the plurality of posts between a user's toes and pull the post to stretch and elongate the post between the toes. Upon release, the elastic material of the post causes the post to attempt to return to its original shape, thereby causing it to expand out and conform its shape to fit snugly against the user's toes. Additionally, the elastic material allows the toe posts to be positioned and maintained at numerous locations between the user's toes for customizable positioning between the toes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FENF, LLC
    Inventor: Frederic Ferri
  • Patent number: 10117497
    Abstract: A dispensing device includes a container defining a reservoir containing a liquid and a porous applicator for dispensing the liquid. Another dispensing device includes two containers attached to each other, where the first container defines a reservoir containing a first liquid and a porous applicator for dispensing liquid and the second container contains a second liquid that may be dispensed via application of a force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: RLM Group Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert L. Murphy
  • Patent number: 10045602
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic applicator for applying a cosmetic, makeup, or a care product on skin, lips or on keratinous fibers. The cosmetic applicator comprises an application member assembly at a distal end of a rod and a handle at a proximal end of a rod. The application member assembly comprises an elongated casing with a hollow cavity, a multiplicity of application elements projecting from an outer surface of the casing, a non-resilient member disposed within the hollow cavity and extending along a length of the casing; wherein the non-resilient member comprises at least two progressively tightening and locking features in a locking region at its proximal end portion. The locking region is defined over a sufficient length of the non-resilient member which permits to attain different locking positions for the casing at the proximal end portion and thus varied lengths of the elongated casings can be used along with the same non-resilient member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: ZEN DESIGN SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Leo Clifford Pires, Roger Hwang, Smita Srivastava, Rahul Bose
  • Patent number: 10016003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an article of manufacture useful as an aftermarket product for fuel and electric vehicle (EV) and, more particularly, for a hand protective device and system and/or method to protect the user from contacting germs, hazardous contaminants, grime, electrocution, and/or other potentially harmful conditions, e.g. while fueling a petroleum and/or an electric powered vehicles. The device and system may be formed in the glove-shape with a fastener means (e.g. from hook and loop fabric) having a hook portion disposed on, for example, a gas cap of a car and/or on a cover of the charging connector and a loop portion 132 affixed or otherwise fastened to the palm portion of the glove. The device and system may further include an opening in a side opposite the palm portion to allow the hand to be slidably inserted easily using a tab located at a wrist portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Inventor: Angelo M. Passanisi
  • Patent number: 9968173
    Abstract: An automated method for producing fingernail tips. Reinforcing fibers are provided as a strip and the strip is moved at a specific travel rate in the longitudinal direction of the strip. The strip is covered on one side and impregnated with the plastic, and then shaped in a shaping station, where is it bent into a curve that corresponds substantially to the shape of a natural fingernail or toenail. The strip maintains its shape after the plastic is cured and the covering is then removed. The fingernail tips are punched from the strip in a cutting station. The automated method allows the strip to be continuously or virtually continuously transported and then the fingernail tips to be automatically counted, sorted, and packaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Hermann Hogg
    Inventor: Hermann Hogg