Nippers Patents (Class 30/28)
  • Patent number: 6735869
    Abstract: This present invention relates to a nail clipper. The nail clipper comprises a box-shaped body which has an upper cutting edge, a lower cutting part with a lower cutting edge, a spring piece, a pressing piece, a small movable piece and a cover. This invention is small in size, secure in construction and is convenient and safe to carry in the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Tung Yan Lau
  • Patent number: 6705014
    Abstract: A nail clipper, of which a fixed body is operated with a lever, is folded by a board spring, and unfolding angle between the fixing body and the lever is maintained in certain angle, so that the fingernail can be cut safely, at the same time, when the present invention is not used, a putting green is renewed by a cover board, which eliminates the angle, covering the said lever that maintains the angle by board spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Inventor: Kyunghan Park
  • Publication number: 20040040156
    Abstract: The V-Nose Nail Clipper is a new design for a toenail clipper that offers dual-action features. The V-Nose Toe Nail Clipper can be used as a regular nail clipper as well as a special clipper that can be used to cut out ingrown nails. The extended, tapered edges allow you to clip the edges of the toenail preventing the painful, continued growth into the skin, which is caused by regular toenail clipper. Regular toe nail clipper don't have the side reach to allow you to make a clean cut, which in term leave sharp edges on the edge of the nail. The V-Nose Toe Clipper will allow you to make a clean cut, because of the extended, tapered edges on the toenail clipper. Also, the V-Nose Toenail Clipper will prevent you from getting ingrown toenails, because of the extended, tapered edges allow you to make a clean cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventor: Michael Deshon Vanzandt
  • Publication number: 20030229989
    Abstract: A cuticle cutting instrument has tubes rotatably disposed in each other and forming two working endings, cutting elements provided on the endings, handles fixed on the tubes, a return spring installed between the handles, and a tubing connection for communicating with a vacuum source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Salman Yusufov, Nazim Yusufov
  • Publication number: 20030208906
    Abstract: A rigid first loop is rigidly mounted to the first end of at least one of a pair of nail clipper mandibles. A rigid second loop is rigidly mounted to the distal end of the nail clipper operating lever. The first and second loops lie in substantially parallel, adjacent planes, when the operating lever is in either its deployed position or its storage position. The loops are nested side-by-side when the operating lever is folded-down into the storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Gordon Lane Phillips, Peter Wayne Dixon
  • Patent number: 6606794
    Abstract: The inventive nail clippers comprise a two-membered clipper body (2) with a metal fitting (8) placed inside. The metal fitting has a U-shaped spring section (46) that, at the end of each of its legs (48), has bent portions (50) which form the cutting edges (10). The two clipper body members (4,6) also have angled portions (64,66) which encompass the leg ends of the spring section and which meet together opposite to the bent portions (50) that form the cutting edges (10). The angled portions engage with each other in such a way that they fit together, thereby ensuring that the cutting edges are accurately guided when they meet, even when the clipper body is made of plastic and is thus relatively resilient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Inventor: Udo Rieser
  • Publication number: 20030145467
    Abstract: This present invention relates to a nail clipper. The nail clipper comprises a box-shaped body which has an upper cutting edge, a lower cutting part with a lower cutting edge, a spring piece, a pressing piece, a small movable piece and a cover. This invention is small in size, secure in construction and is convenient and safe to carry in the pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventor: Tung Yan Lau
  • Publication number: 20030140498
    Abstract: The cutting tool, in particular nail clippers, comprise two elongated members hinged around an axis (A), wherein each member is provided with an actuating arm and a cutting edge; the cutting edges of the two elongated members face each other so as to reciprocally co-operate for cutting when they are moved towards one another by the action of approach on the actuating arms. The tool also comprises elastic means for biasing the elongated members towards a diverging condition in which the two actuating arms and the two cutting edges are spaced from one another, and retaining means for holding the elongated members in a closed condition, in contrast with the elastic means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventor: Roberto Cerutti
  • Patent number: 6560874
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a clipper/stripper, including: a generally V-shaped spring member; opposed cutting edges formed on distal ends of legs of said V-shaped spring member at a distal, open end of the spring member; a cam lever having a distal end therefore attached near the distal, open end of the spring member, such that pressing proximal ends of the spring member and the cam lever together causes the cutting edges to close or partially close, thus severing a portion of an item placed therebetween or stripping one material from another; and a cylindrical stabilizing structure attached near the proximal end of the spring member and extending generally horizontally orthogonally from a major axis of the clipper/stripper and generally parallel to the cutting edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Inventioneers LLC
    Inventor: Gary F. DeMezzo
  • Patent number: 6553592
    Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a nail clipper with supplementary functions. In the nail clipper, a folding plate (34) is rotatably mounted to the rear joint of the clipper's body such that it is rotatable between its folded position and its exposed position. A housing (30) is provided at the free end of the folding plate (34), with a flexible extension (39) extending from the housing (30) and designed to be changeable in its length and bent to be curved as desired. A light emitting device (31), used for illuminating a target place while clipping the nails, is set at the tip of the extension (39). The nail clipper also has a melody chip (42) for producing a melody, in addition to having a battery (40). In another embodiment, the light emitting device (31), melody chip (42) and battery (40) are held on a casing (50) covering the rear portion of the clipper's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventors: Moonchill Yang, Moonsuk Yang
  • Patent number: 6539632
    Abstract: A balanced Long Handle Toenail Clipper for allowing a person to cut their toenails without the need to bend over or stand, including a cylindrical tubular housing which encloses a plunger rod, finger grips which are attached to the tubular housing, and a nail clipper having a cutting portion and an actuating lever. A stabilizing arm coupled to the tubular housing adds balance to the device and provides an individual with a clear view of the toenail clipper. A magnifying glass coupled to the tubular housing facilitates viewing of the clipping operation, and a plunger rod is adapted to engage the actuating lever of the nail clipper to effect operation of the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Holistic Center of Antioch, Inc.
    Inventor: Rene Anctil
  • Patent number: 6523545
    Abstract: A device for retaining nail clippings within a nail clipper includes a housing adapted to cover the openings between the clippers elongate members, on both sides, from the first ends to the second ends thereof, thereby forming an enclosed region within the nail clipper. In addition, the device includes a valve element, adapted to be located between the elongate members, for blocking the passage of the nail clippings from the region of the jaw to the tail of the nail clipper when the jaw is opened and for allowing passage of the nail clippings when the jaw is closed. This allows nail clippings to pass to the region between the elongate members when the nails are being clipped and thereafter to be retained in this region when the jaw is opened. Thus, in effect, the valve works as a one way valve, permitting passage of the nail clippings into, but not out of, the nail clipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventor: Vincent N. Rende
  • Publication number: 20030010349
    Abstract: A device for retaining nail clippings within a nail clipper includes a housing adapted to cover the openings between the clippers elongate members, on both sides, from the first ends to the second ends thereof, thereby forming an enclosed region within the nail clipper. In addition, the device includes a valve element, adapted to be located between the elongate members, for blocking the passage of the nail clippings from the region of the jaw to the tail of the nail clipper when the jaw is opened and for allowing passage of the nail clippings when the jaw is closed. This allows nail clippings to pass to the region between the elongate members when the nails are being clipped and thereafter to be retained in this region when the jaw is opened. Thus, in effect, the valve works as a one way valve, permitting passage of the nail clippings into, but not out of, the nail clipper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventor: Vincent N. Rende
  • Publication number: 20030000090
    Abstract: The nail clipper contains a pair of blade bodies each having a cutting edge, a lever to be operated for bringing the cutting edges of the blade bodies into press contact with each other and a supporting shaft for linking the lever to the blade bodies; the cutting edges of the blade bodies being brought into press contact with each other by pressing the blade bodies with the lever against resilience of the blade bodies. The nail clipper is provided with bosses formed either on the lever or on the supporting shaft, so as to allow the supporting shaft to pivotally support the lever; and grooves formed on the rest of the supporting shaft and the lever, with which the bosses are engaged. Each groove has a mouth portion through which the boss is engaged and disengaged, a guiding portion capable of pivotally supporting the boss, and a connecting portion connecting the mouth portion and the guiding portion to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Shinoda Yasuyuki, Koide Takashi
  • Publication number: 20020178585
    Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a nail clipper with supplementary functions. In the nail clipper, a folding plate (34) is rotatably mounted to the rear joint of the clipper's body such that it is rotatable between its folded position and its exposed position. A housing (30) is provided at the free end of the folding plate (34), with a flexible extension (39) extending from the housing (30) and designed to be changeable in its length and bent to be curved as desired. A light emitting device (31), used for illuminating a target place while clipping the nails, is set at the tip of the extension (39). The nail clipper also has a melody chip (42) for producing a melody, in addition to having a battery (40). In another embodiment, the light emitting device (31), melody chip (42) and battery (40) are held on a casing (50) covering the rear portion of the clipper's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Moonchill Yang, Moonsuk Yang
  • Patent number: 6473969
    Abstract: A tool for the hygiene and cutting of cuticles, fingernails and toenails, wherein two interchangeable jaws, provided with respective cutting blades, are removably supported by two jaw holders connected to respective handles for gripping the tool itself; the jaw holders and the handles are mutually hinged to rotate the aforementioned jaws between an open position and a closed and cutting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Inventor: Dino Rinaldi
  • Publication number: 20020134395
    Abstract: A nail trimmer and method in which a transparent viewing area is provided immediately to the rear of one of a pair of cutting edges to enable observation of the inserted nail part while trimming the nail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: Sofia Hermiz
  • Patent number: 6438845
    Abstract: A nail clipper device with a scissors-like cutting configuration comprises elongated upper and lower operating members each having first ends joined together, and second ends terminating in spaced complimentary shaped cutting edges; a post secured to the lower operating member and movably extending through an aperture in the upper member adjacent the cutting edges; a lever member having first and second ends with the first end begin pivotally secured to the post, the upper operating member having an exterior surface with the lever member being superimposed over the upper operating member in a non-operable position; the lever member having a bent portion adjacent the post so the lever member is first pivoted about the axis of the post, and pivoted in over the post to an operating position, the bent portion of the lever will bear against the upper operating member to move the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: Koock E. Jung
  • Publication number: 20020092171
    Abstract: A nail clipper device with a scissors-like cutting configuration comprises elongated upper and lower operating members each having first ends joined together, and second ends terminating in spaced complimentary shaped cutting edges; a post secured to the lower operating member and movably extending through an aperture in the upper member adjacent the cutting edges; a lever member having first and second ends with the first end begin pivotally secured to the post, the upper operating member having an exterior surface with the lever member being superimposed over the upper operating member in a non-operable position; the lever member having a bent portion adjacent the post so the lever member is first pivoted about the axis of the post, and pivoted in over the post to an operating position, the bent portion of the lever will bear against the upper operating member to move the cutting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventor: Koock E. Jung
  • Publication number: 20020092170
    Abstract: A balanced Long Handle Toenail Clipper for allowing a person to cut their toenail without the need to bend over or stand. The device includes a cylindrical tubular housing which encloses a plunger rod, an finger grips are attached to the tubular housing. A sided nail clipper having a cutting portion and an actuating lever. A stabilizing arm coupled to the tubular housing adds balance to the device and provides an individual with a clear view of the toenail clipper. A magnifying glass coupled to the tubular housing. A plunger rod is coupled to the actuating lever of the nail clipper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventor: Rene Anctil
  • Publication number: 20020092172
    Abstract: A nail clipper, of which a fixed body is operated with a lever, is folded by a board spring, and unfolding angle between the fixing body and the lever is maintained in certain angle, so that the fingernail can be cut safely, at the same time, when the present invention is not used, a putting green is renewed by a cover board, which eliminates the angle, covering the said lever that maintains the angle by board spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventor: Kyunghan Park
  • Publication number: 20020069533
    Abstract: A nail clipping apparatus designed to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art. Synthetic nail clippers are easier to manufacture and much more cost-effective than metallic clippers. However, synthetic clippers often produce results that are unsatisfying due to the flexible nature of synthetic materials. Such unsatisfactory performance can result in injury and imprecise cutting. This invention has undertaken to remedy the shortcomings of the prior art and to provide an economical synthetic clipper body with separate metallic cutting portions, along with a catch-lock mechanism and several alignment components that result in a newer nail clipping apparatus which is both precise and cost-effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventor: UDO RIESER
  • Publication number: 20010007172
    Abstract: A tool for the hygiene and cutting of cuticles, fingernails and toenails, wherein two interchangeable jaws, provided with respective cutting blades, are removably supported by two jaw holders connected to respective handles for gripping the tool itself; the jaw holders and the handles are mutually hinged to rotate the aforementioned jaws between an open position and a closed and cutting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventor: Dino Rinaldi
  • Patent number: 6220251
    Abstract: A visual enhancement kit for use in combination with a nail clipper featuring a lens that may be dismounted and interchanged with any of a plurality of lenses of varying refractive qualities. The resulting field of view of the cutting edge of the clipper and the area adjacent thereto enhances the user's ability to see the work being done by the clipper. vice as claimed in claim 1 additionally comprising a means to vary the distance between said lens and cutting blades. The device may be attached to a conventional nail clipper already in use and features rotational positioning of the lens in relation to the user. The device may also be provided already attached to a nail clipper and optionally features the ability to vary the distance between the lens and the cutting edge of the clipper which is user adjustable. Using hinged connections the lens may be folded for storage in a storage compartment formed from components of the device. The device is further enhanced by an optional light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventors: Seong Won Jeong, Sang Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 6173497
    Abstract: An improved nail clipper having a central symmetrical resilient pincer member with cutting edges at its opened end, a transverse pin with hooked ends that pass through opposed and aligned bores on the jaws of the pincer member near its open end, and lateral handles that are connected at the hooked ends of the transverse pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Inventor: Alberto G. Domenge
  • Patent number: 6138360
    Abstract: A nail clipper accessory provides a vacuum for collecting the clippings as they are created when using a nail clipper and storing the clippings in a vacuum chamber for later disposal. The accessory is used with convention nail clippers by slipping the rear portion of the nail clipper into a resilient tubular shroud structure. The nail clipper accessory also includes a motor driven filing stone. To reduce the number of motors required for the accessory, the same motor is used to power the vacuum fan and the motor driven filing stone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Inventors: Randy J. Owens, Sr., Gidget T. Owens
  • Patent number: 6088919
    Abstract: A nail clipper retainer for use with a convention nail clipper having jaws fixed together at a first end and having chain hole surfaces therein and chain connected thereto, a rivet slidably connected to rivet open surfaces formed in a second end of the nail clipper jaws and a lever actuatably connected at a first end of the lever to the rivet to enable the jaws to bite together at the second end of the nail clipper, wherein the nail clipper retainer includes a hollow housing of a size and configuration to generally receive the nail clipper therein, the housing having a base, sides and top, wherein the base and sides of the housing are a sufficient length to substantially extend a length of the nail clipper, a first end having a chain open surface for receiving the chain of the nail clipper therethrough and a second end having an opening in the top sufficient to permit actuation of the lever and jaws of the clipper and permit access of the jaws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Inventor: Gary Duane Gilman
  • Patent number: 6009880
    Abstract: A nail clipper retaining device is disclosed for retaining nail clippings within a typical nail clipper. The device utilizes as a fastening system, a universal slotted mounting located at the bottom of the u-shape channel. The slotted mounting catch slides into position between the head of the lever arm pivot pin and the lower stationary spring member of the typical nail clipper. The force between the head of the lever arm pivot pin and lower stationary spring member of the initially loaded compressive cutting mechanism of the typical nail clipper secures the retaining device to the lower spring member. The device can be easily and effortlessly mounted and dismounted for the purpose of evacuating accumulated nail clippings, cleaning and sterilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventor: Robert D. Weidlich
  • Patent number: 5983498
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for clipping nails and retaining the clippings. The nail clipper includes a lower arm member defining an opening and a cutting edge at an end thereof. The nail clipper further has an upper arm member springingly attached to the lower arm member, the upper arm member further defining a cutting edge in corresponding placement to the cutting edge of the lower arm member. The nail clipper further includes a receptacle for retaining nail clippings, an actuating handle, and, a retaining pin connecting the lower arm member, the upper arm member, the receptacle, and the actuating handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventors: Christopher E. Lieberman, Terry W. Kreplin
  • Patent number: 5964033
    Abstract: A tissue nipper is provided to permit efficient trimming of tissue, such as cuticles. The nipper includes a base, arms projecting unitarily from the base and cutting blades at the ends of the arms remote from the base. Portions of the arms near the cutting blades are provided with oppositely directed projections that are slidably receivable in grooves of the opposing arm. The projections and grooves guide the cutting blades precisely into opposed edge-to-edge relationship for efficiently nipping tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Wolf
  • Patent number: 5960504
    Abstract: A multi-purpose fisherman's tool and method for removing unwanted material from the eyehole of fishing tackle employs a sharp prong that may be locked in place in a rectangular opening in a flat plate that supports the fishing tackle while it is rotated around the prong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: D. C. D. Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Dougherty
  • Patent number: 5926956
    Abstract: A combined toe and finger nail clipper having a common metal strip with a toe nail cutting edge at one end and a finger nail cutting edge at the opposite end. Mating nail cutting edges are at the ends of two additional metal strips which are each welded above and below at opposite ends of the common metal strip. A pair of vertical retaining posts located at each end of the nail clipping unit hold lever arms which can be stored in the flat position or rotated around and put into the use position as in conventional nail clippers. In this way a manufacturer can produce a combined toe and finger nail clipper more economically than two separate nail clippers and the user can store the combined nail clipper in a smaller space without worrying about locating two separate clippers. The clipper can be constructed so that while one of the clippers is in use the cutting edges of its other are closed or only slightly open so as to avoid the corners of the cutting edges catching or scratching a finger of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Kirk Langman
    Inventors: Kirk Langman, Michael Greene, Kenneth Tarlow
  • Patent number: 5890295
    Abstract: The present invention is a compound action complex pivotal multi-planar cutting device. It is pivotal between four distinct pivot points and it includes a handle portion and a jaw portion which are attached to one another. The jaw portion may be curved or may be bent and terminates in a pair of opposed cutting blades. Thus, when a user holds the handle portion, the blades are displaced a pre-determined number of degrees with respect to the relative curvature or bending of the jaw portion. The handle portion and jaw portion are engaged to one another and are pivotal about two pivot points. The handle portion is preferably a pair of handles that are joined at a third pivot point by a first post member and the jaw portion is preferably a pair of jaw members joined at a fourth pivot point by another post member which is oblique with respect to the first post member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Inventors: Jeffrey I. Wachtel, Bruce M. D'Andrade
  • Patent number: 5881461
    Abstract: A nail cutter/clipper for use in treating ingrown nails, hang nails, and/or preventing ingrown nails. In a first embodiment, the nail/cutter includes first and second handles mated at a gudgeon in an X-shaped configuration. The first and second handles are joined to opposed nail cutter heads, and each nail cutter head has a V-shaped blade that defines a void or receptacle for receiving nail cuttings. The nail cutter heads cut a V-shaped notch in a nail when actuated by a user grasping the handles. A second embodiment includes an upper member joined to a lower member at a rearward end with a fastener. At their forward ends, these members each include a V-shaped cutter blade that defines a void, and when the cutter blades are forced together on a nail, a corresponding shaped notch is cut in the notch and the trimming is captured in the cutter blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Inventor: Stanford Schwartz
  • Patent number: 5870826
    Abstract: The aid comprises a channel including a central web and flanges extending in a first direction, the channel is formed with a fin extending in a second direction opposite the first direction. The fin has at least one finger opening therein. The usual nail clipper is mounted in the channel with the operating lever extending away from the aid so that it is readily operable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Inventor: Stephen J. Lewan
  • Patent number: 5832610
    Abstract: A nail clipper including substantially coextensive first and second cutting elements having a receptacle assembly including a receptacle secured laterally along one side of the nail clipper proximate cutting edges of the nail clipper permitting the first and second cutting elements to move together to clip a nail, the receptacle assembly simultaneously forming an enclosure operative for directing nail fragments into the receptacle for capturing the nail fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Inventor: Frank G. Chaplick
  • Patent number: 5806186
    Abstract: A combined toe and finger nail clipper having a common metal strip with a toe nail cutting edge at one end and a finger nail cutting edge at the opposite end. Mating nail cutting edges are at the ends of two additional metal strips which are each welded above and below at opposite ends of the common metal strip. A pair of vertical retaining posts located at each end of the nail clipping unit hold lever arms which can be stored in the flat position or rotated around and put into the use position as in conventional nail clippers. In this way a manufacturer can produce a combined toe and finger nail clipper more economically than two separate nail clippers and the user can store the combined nail clipper in a smaller space without worrying about locating two separate clippers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Kirk Langman
    Inventors: Kirk Langman, Kenneth Tarlow
  • Patent number: 5791049
    Abstract: A nail cutter including a cutting plate defining a non-sharpened cutting surface, a cutting blade and a driver for bringing the cutting blade and the cutting surface into cutting engagement with a nail disposed between the cutting blade and the cutting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Inventor: Moshe Dolev
  • Patent number: 5775340
    Abstract: A new Long Handle Toenail Clipper for allowing a person to cut their toenail without needed to bend over. The inventive device includes a conventional nail clipper having a cutting portion and an actuating lever. A triangular base is positioned below and is secured to a lower segment of the cutting portion. The triangular base orients the nail clipper with a forward end of the nail clipper disposed below a rearward end of the nail clipper. A telescopic handle is coupled to the actuating lever of the nail clipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Inventor: David Rains
  • Patent number: 5722435
    Abstract: An improved nail clipper which controls and directs the discharge of clipped nails. The key improvements consist of convexly shaped sides (42, 44) attached to the upper member (12) and concave relief cuts (50, 51) in the edges of the lower elongated member. This controls the random discharge of the clipped nails and causes the them to automatically be discharged out the bottom of the nail clipper through the openings (52, 54) formed between the convexly shaped sides of the upper member (42, 44) and the concave relief cuts in the lower member (50, 51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Inventor: David G. Harris
  • Patent number: 5711075
    Abstract: A tissue nipper is provided to permit efficient trimming of tissue, such as cuticles. The nipper is unitarily molded from plastic and includes a base, arms projecting unitarily from the base and cutting blades at the ends of the arms remote from the base. Portions of the arms near the cutting blades are provided with oppositely directed projections that are slidably receivable in grooves of the opposing arm. The projections and grooves guide cutting blades precisely into opposed relationship for efficiently nipping tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Wolf
  • Patent number: 5704125
    Abstract: An actuating lever for use with a finger/toe nail clipper assembly adapted to be mounted thereto, the actuating lever having a mounting assembly and an elongate lever portion coupled to the mounting assembly to enable the lever portion to be rotated between an active condition pivotal to force the cutting means of the assembly to engage a finger/toe nail introduced to the assembly for severance thereof and a passive condition rendering the lever portion incapable of engaging the said finge/toe nail in severing engagement. One embodiment is formed of a angled mounting portion and an elongate lever having a angled bend, said mounting portion and the angled bend coupled surface to surface enabling rotation of the lever between the active and passive conditions. A second embodiment provides a mounting disc and an elongate lever having a base and an elongate lever unitary therewith, the base pivotally mounted to the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Inventor: Hee Un Lee
  • Patent number: 5701672
    Abstract: The present invention is a compound action complex pivotal multi-planar nail clipper. It is pivotal between four distinct pivot points and it includes a handle portion and a jaw portion which are attached to one another. The jaw portion may be curved or may be bent and terminates in a pair of opposed cutting blades. Thus, when a user holds the handle portion, the blades are displaced a pre-determined number of degrees with respect to the relative curvature or bending of the jaw portion. The handle portion and jaw portion are engaged to one another and are pivotal about two pivot points. The handle portion is preferably a pair of handles that are joined at a third pivot point by a first post member and the jaw portion is preferably a pair of jaw members joined at a fourth pivot point by another post member which is oblique with respect to the first post member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Jeffrey I. Wachtel
    Inventors: Jeffrey I. Wachtel, Bruce M. D'Andrade
  • Patent number: 5666728
    Abstract: A cuticle trimmer having a first cutter assembly, wherein pivotally mounted within the first and second cutter plates of the first cutter assembly is a second cutter assembly. The first cutter assembly terminates in concave blade edges for cooperation relative to one another, with the second cutter assembly having cooperative convex blade edges to accommodate various cuticle cutting conditions. A file plate is further employed mounted between the third and fourth cutter plates of the second cutter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Inventor: Jose Belchior Silva
  • Patent number: 5653024
    Abstract: A nail clipper with disposable receptacle including a conventional nail clippers having a lower jaw portion with a pair of grooves and an opening formed in an end thereof defining a lower channel. Further included is a disposable receptacle having a top opening and an outwardly extending flange formed along a periphery thereof for removably inserting within the grooves of the lower jaw portion of the nail clippers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Inventor: Joshua Victor Cartagenova
  • Patent number: 5634275
    Abstract: This invention combines the nail clipper and the tweezer into one unit. The tweezer part of the Twipper is in the space between the opposing metal parts of the nail clipper, and is held in place by the post that anchors the lever in between the opposing metal parts. The tweezer does not effect the operation of the clipper unit it is rotated 180.degree., extending through the jaws of the clipper. At this position, exerting force on the lever, which compresses the jaws of the clipper, forces together the jaws of the tweezer (scissor, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Inventor: Eli S. Pine
  • Patent number: 5632288
    Abstract: A catcher for nail clippings shaped to slip onto a standard nail clipper. The catcher is made of a resilient material having laterally projecting cells for receiving the clippings. The catcher is designed to allow convenient collection and disposal of the clippings while ensuring compatibility with commonly possessed nail clippers. Such a design incorporates a slit made substantially along the body of each of the projecting cells for quick and efficient disposal of the stored nail clippings. The catcher may optionally have an external abrasive surface useful for filing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Inventor: Jack D. Webb
  • Patent number: 5617633
    Abstract: A finger/toe nail clipper assembly 10 comprises a lower arm 2 unitary with vertical side walls 4 and 6. The arms 2 and 14 are spaced in overlying arrangement, fastened at one end 8 and terminating in spaced facing jaw formations 14a and 2a. The jaw formations 14a and 2a comprise concave center blade sections 32 and 34 and angular side blade sections 42 and 44 that terminate in sharpened cutting edges and engage the center blade sections 32 and 34 and the side walls 4 and 6. The side blade sections 42 and 44 function as movable slots to fit various-sized finger/toe nails. When the blades 32 and 34 and 42 and 44 are engaged in "cutting" position, the interior chamber 24 of the device 10 is completely enclosed by the interior facing surfaces of the arms 2 and 14, side walls 4 and 6, and blade sections 32 and 34 and 42 and 44. The invention 10 eliminates the deflection and obstruction problems caused by the conventional mounting pin by providing other mounting means for the actuating lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Inventor: Hee U. Lee
  • Patent number: 5570509
    Abstract: A nail clipper incorporating a pivoting retainer structure which pivots from a cylindrical member disposed in the rear of the nail clipper is disclosed. The pivoting retainer structure retains nail clippings and facilitates the emptying of these clippings. In a closed position, the pivoting retainer structure nests into the body of the nail clipper. In an open position, the pivoting retainer structure pivots out from its nested position allowing the nail clippings to be emptied. In accordance with the present invention, the nail clipper further incorporates an ergonomically advantageous shape and side cutting jaws which guarantee that a small, discrete portion of the nail will be cut with each action of the nail clipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Inventor: Patrick Killian
  • Patent number: 5546658
    Abstract: A nail clipping and collecting device for use with a conventional nail clipper is designed to be easily grasped and manipulated, particularly by persons with reduced or impaired manual dexterity. A conventional nail clipper is removably positioned within a base and within a handle of the device which are removably hingedly connected together, and the base is configured for receiving, storing and emptying nail clippings. The handle is configured for removably storing a nail file, and a magnifying lens is adjustably connected to the handle for positioning to magnify a nail to be cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignees: David L. MacLeod, John M. Sayler, Jr.
    Inventors: David L. MacLeod, Jack M. Sayler, Jr., Lloyd B. Cooper