With Cutter Patents (Class 132/75.4)
  • Patent number: 11571057
    Abstract: As shown in one preferred embodiment, a two-blade vice-type nail clipper comprising a thin safety-cover-guard with ergonomic upward angle and wrap-around safety edges, that is permanently mounted just below said nail clipper's lower cutting blade and that follows or mirrors the shape of said nail clipper's lower cutting surface, including wrapping around the sharp sides, corners and edges of said lower cutting surface, so as to provide an industry advancing level of nail cutting safety with minimal invasiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Charles Richerd Daugherty
  • Patent number: 10779628
    Abstract: An electrically-powered nail cutting apparatus includes a housing having a front face and a rear face, two sides, a top and a bottom. The front face of the housing having an open slot at least 0.5 mm in height and between 0.7 cm and 4 cm in width, the slot having a front-facing opening and a rear-facing opening. Within the housing and proximal to the rear-facing opening is a vertically translating nail-cutting blade plate associated with an electric motor that is configured to translate the nail-cutting blade plate consecutively down and up. The blade plate is a solid material having an opening therein, wherein the top of the opening comprises a cutting blade with a cutting edge within the opening such that the cutting edge is adjacent the rear-facing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas J. McMullen
  • Patent number: 10716595
    Abstract: A foot exfoliator may include an exfoliator base and a heel notch. The exfoliator base may include a front portion and a rear portion opposite the front portion. The heel notch may include a notch opening and a notch base, the notch opening disposed proximal to the front portion of the exfoliator base, the notch base sloping upwards from the front portion toward the rear portion, at least a portion of the notch base facing a front of the foot exfoliator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Peter Situ
  • Patent number: 10306957
    Abstract: A jewelry item is provided to include a ring-shaped spring and a ring-shaped chain. The ring-shaped chain has a plurality of chain links, each of which is slidably attached to the ring-shaped spring. Each chain link has a plate with a first surface facing the spring and a second surface opposite to the first surface. Each chain link further has a seat and a hook opposite to each other. The hook is inserted into a seat of a subsequent chain link so as to lock the chain links to each other while allowing the chain links to reversibly slide from a compressed position to an expanded position with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Picchiotti S.r.l.
    Inventor: Ennio Scandolaro
  • Patent number: 8496013
    Abstract: A fingernail clipper holding device includes a housing having a hollow interior and having a generally ellipsoid ergonomic configuration that is easy to grip. An upper portion of the housing may include a channel having a configuration to receive the housing of a fingernail clipping device and to hold it securely. The housing defines a receiving area on which a user may position his finger adjacent the cutting head of the fingernail clipping device. A gripping member is attached to a lower portion of the housing to receive a user's fingers or hand. Stabilizing members may be attached to the bottom surface of the lower portion to hold the housing stationary on a flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventor: Shawn McCourtney
  • Publication number: 20130068241
    Abstract: A nail clipping and catchment apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a flexible breathable backing layer having a shape, and a window layer having substantially the same shape as the backing, and being mated to an edge of the backing by an upper seam sufficient to create a pouch, the pouch for catching and containing nail clippings. The apparatus further includes a number of openings in the window layer, the plurality of openings including opposing hand openings on opposite sides of a bottom portion of the pouch near the edge and separated by a lower seam between the breathable backing layer and the window layer, the opposing hand openings each for receiving a nail-bearing extremity of a human. The apparatus further includes one or more pockets positioned on an outer surface of the pouch, the one or more pockets each having an access opening aligned toward the upper seam of the pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Power Straps, Inc.
    Inventor: Miles Paul Martin
  • Patent number: 8365415
    Abstract: A nail clipper configuration accommodates permanent three dimensional covers on the front of the nail clipper by limiting the necessary movement of the operating handle to move from the stored position to the operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Jerome Franklin
  • Patent number: 8096305
    Abstract: A nail clipper and light combination assembly includes a clipper that has a first arm with a first end and a second end and a second arm with a first end and a second end. The first ends of the first and second arms are attached together. The clipper includes a pair of blades and each of the second ends has one of the blades attached thereto. The blades extend toward each other. The second ends are biased away from each other. A lever is mechanically coupled to the first and second arms. The lever has a free end that is movable toward the first and second arms to urge the blades together in a cutting motion. A light emitter is attached to the clipper to emit light toward the second ends from above the first arm when the light emitter is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Inventor: Tanya L. Cheney
  • Publication number: 20100083975
    Abstract: A nail care system and method using a rubber or soft plastic coated mandrel bit connected to a rotary device, the mandrel bit reducing vibration during operation of the nail care system allowing for smoother polishing and filing as well as a more comfortable experience for the client and nail care practitioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: SOFI NAILS, INC.
    Inventors: Phong H. Nguyen, Chung Quoc Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20080264437
    Abstract: A corn removal device including a housing constructed to be held by a user's hand and adapted to be moved along a surface of an ear of corn. The housing defines a cavity and an opening that accesses the cavity. The corn removal device also includes a blade attached to the housing adjacent to the opening. The blade is adapted to remove corn kernels from the surface of the ear of corn and guide the corn kernels through the opening and into the cavity for storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Mark C. Naden, Nicolas A. Oxley, Inbal P. Austern
  • Patent number: 7322107
    Abstract: A manicuring appliance comprising a hand held center section with proximal and distal end sections each of which may be detachable from the center section. Each end section may have a lip shaped to bear against the base of the cuticle. The distal end section comprises a pusher for shaping the cuticle and prepare it for cutting by the proximal end section. The proximal end section includes a cutting blade positioned to properly cut or trim the cuticle along an arc which follows the arc of the cuticle base as the user moves the appliance along the cuticle. Various alternative embodiments of the proximal cutting section are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Perfect Nail Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Phillip L Lam
  • Patent number: 7093603
    Abstract: A skin treating implement, a callus removing hand piece, is used to remove skin calluses. The hand piece is connected to a vacuum suction device. The hand piece has a main body that is bent at a certain degree for greater usability. Below the bend, there is a detachable mount for a cutter with a desired shape. In the upper part of the main body, connectors with nipples can be mounted to be inserted into a suction tube connectable to a vacuum device to ensure compatibility with the suction device. Because the lower portion of the main body of the hand piece is bent, it facilitates removing calluses and permits mounting and unmounting cutters permitting a choice of cutter appropriate for the king of callus to be removed. Connectors with nipples of suitable diameters permit use of suction tubes of existing high-priced vacuum suction devices to make the callus removing hand piece economical. A disposable sheet fixer injection molded with synthetic resins is attachable to the cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Oxyvac Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Sam Han
  • Publication number: 20040016438
    Abstract: This invention is the callus-removing hand piece 1 used to remove the calluses of the skin which directly causes the skin to age. More specifically, in configuring this hand piece 1 connected to the vacuum suction device 100, the lower part of the main body 10 of the above mentioned hand piece 1 is bent at a certain degree for greater usability. Below the bend there is a detachable cutter 60 so that you can mount a cutter 60 with a desirable shape. In the upper part of the main body 10, connectors 40 with nipples 44 can be mounted so that they are inserted into the suction tube 102 near the already equipped vacuum suction device 100 to ensure compatibility with the vacuum suction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventor: Jong Sam Han
  • Patent number: 6572580
    Abstract: A kit including a patch laden with topical anti-fungal medication and a set depth nail notcher for cutting a notch of predetermined depth in a nail plate comprising a handle having a smooth flat surface, a longitudinal cutting edge protruding from the smooth flat surface to a height equal to the predetermined depth of the notch. A method for treating nail, especially toenail, fungus comprising cutting a notch to a predetermined depth in a nail or a toe of finger infected with fungus and applying a topical anti-fungal medication to the toe or finger from a patch through the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Profoot, Inc.
    Inventor: Leonard Feldman
  • 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: 6367482
    Abstract: The invention relates to a manicure capsule comprising a collecting receptacle (1) for nail clippings which is provided with at least one lateral insertion opening (7) for nail scissors. The end section (5) of the collecting receptacle (1) for nail clippings which encloses the finger insertion opening (12) is configured as a holding section for a holding part which is provided for at least one pair of scissors (3) and which can be detachably fastened to the end section (5), or is configured as a holding section for a holding part which is provided for holding the collecting receptacle (1) for nail clippings on the finger and which can be detachably fastened to the end section (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventor: Karl Baltheiser
  • Patent number: 6363944
    Abstract: A device for removing callouses, especially in chiropody, is provided. A functional element is exchangeably arranged on a handle. To make mounting easy and safe, the functional element can be clamped between a front mounting segment of the handle and a fastening element that is articulated on the mounting segment. In a first position, the fastening element is pivotable about a pivot axis that runs perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the handle. In a second position, the fastening element is displaceable relative to the handle via guides provided on the mounting segment. The fastening element can be fixed in a positive manner to the mounting segment by being displaced in the direction toward a rear handling segment of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: “Credo” Stahlwarenfabrik Gustav Kracht GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilfried Stangenberg
  • Patent number: 6287276
    Abstract: A set depth nail notcher for cutting a notch of predetermined depth in a nail plate comprising a handle having a smooth flat surface, a longitudinal cutting edge protruding from the smooth flat surface to a height equal to the predetermined depth of the notch. A method for treating nail, especially toenail, fungus comprising cutting a notch to a predetermined depth in a nail or a toe of finger infected with fungus and applying a topical anti-fungal medication to the toe or finger through the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Profoot, Inc.
    Inventor: Leonard Feldman