Abstract: This invention will assist individuals to either manually or automatically clip a toenail or fingernail. The fingernail or toenail is inserted into the front end of the device and a pair of trimming edges move together to clip the fingernail or toenail safely, easily and conveniently. One of the embodiments contemplates a manual device and the other is an electric device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nail clipper having a hole to receive a key chain wherein the hole is a sufficient distance from the lever arm of the clipper to easily expose the hole for receiving a key chain. The key ring hole is better exposed, with no hindrance from the pivot arm, either via an extension of the clippers themselves or through a shortening of the pivot arm.

Abstract: A nail clipper apparatus formed of thick steel and having a broad textured contoured handle lever providing a slip-free surface which substantially conforms to a user's thumb and which is at angle an angle to an upper arm in a range of about 0 to 30 degrees thereby increasing gripping capacity, an aperture accommodating passage of a chain therethrough and also providing a nail file. The nail clipper may also provide a curved nail length determining gauge member as a depth stop feature provided in range of predefined increments thereby accommodating a desired nail length trimming position.

Abstract: A nail trimming system that provides for retention of nail trimmings includes a nail clipper and a receptacle attached to the nail clipper. The receptacle circumscribes and extends past the blades of the nail clipper, and has an opening for insertion of a finger or toe. The receptacle may have a transparent region, allowing a user to view the nail trimming site. A method of trimming a nail includes inserting a distal edge of a nail into the opening of the receptacle and between the blades of the nail clipper, forming a nail trimming by compressing the distal edge between the lower and upper blades and severing the distal edge from a main nail plate, and retaining the nail trimming in the receptacle.

Abstract: The nail clipper assembly includes a base having a pair of opposing nail clipping blades spring biased away from one another. A lever capable of actuating the clipping blades is rotationally attached to the base. A housing substantially enclosing the base and lever includes an aperture through which the clipping blades may at least partially extend. A manually actuable button coupled to the housing engages the lever to move the clipping blades toward one another so that a user may cut a nail with the nail clipper assembly.

Abstract: A nail clipping device with warning functions is disclosed, including: a nail clipper with arc-shaped cutting edges; a capacitive sensing module, located below the arc-shaped cutting edges of the nail clipper, enables measurement of the distance between the arc-shaped cutting edges of the nail clipper and the flesh below the nail; a warning module, located above the arc-shaped cutting edges of the nail clipper; and a control module, located at the lower portion of the device, and coupled to the capacitive sensing module and the warning module, capable of pre-setting a warning distance and comparing its corresponding reference voltage with variable sensing voltage, the control module amplifies and filters the output signal from the capacitive sensing module after voltage comparison, driving the warning module to emit a warning signal when the distance between the arc-shaped cutting edges of the nail clipper and the flesh below the nail is shorter than the warning distance.

Abstract: A nail clipper including threaded supporting shaft and threaded inner wall of a blade body the most away from the lever. The threaded supporting shaft and the threaded inner wall of the blade body can be screwed together clockwise and counterclockwise to adjust the distance between the two cutting edges.

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.

Abstract: A nail clipper includes upper and lower elastic plates which have respective cutting edges formed on respective front ends thereof and are connected with each other at rear ends thereof, a support shaft which passes through front end portions of the upper and lower elastic plates, and a pressing plate which is coupled to the support shaft at a front end thereof. One or more of the upper, lower and pressing plates are formed to have arc-shaped widthwise cross-sections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nail clipper which comprises a slender body formed by an upper press lever and a lower press lever which are movably engaged, an upper cover and a lower cover which are respectively fitted onto the outer surfaces of the upper press lever and the lower press lever to form a slender etui, a lower blade which is movably pivotally engaged with one end of the upper press lever by means of a first pivotal axle, and an upper blade which is movably pivotally engaged with one end of the lower press lever by means of a second pivotal axle.

Abstract: A pet nail trimmer including a first cutting member and a second cutting member pivotably connected to the first cutting member. The first and second cutting members define an opening and are movable between an open position to receive a pet's nail in the opening and a closed position to cut the pet's nail. The nail trimmer also includes a grinder movably attached to one of the first and second cutting members, a motor connected to the grinder and mounted to the one of the first and second cutting members, and a power source mounted to the other of the first and second cutting members, where the power source is connected to the electric motor.

Abstract: An improved clipper of the type having a pair of pivoted members pivotally attached to each other by a pivot pin and having cutting jaws for cutting nails and being biased away from each other by a spring. The improvement includes a catching member. The catching member is non-rotationally mounted to one of the pair of pivoted members, and together with the cutting jaws, form a receptacle for the nail clippings when the cutting jaws are closed to thereby prevent the nail clippings from scattering.

Abstract: An illuminated nail trimmer unit includes a handgrip formed to include a top shell and bottom shell, a clipper including a nail clutter and a nail cutter actuator that may be positioned either in a storage position or an operative position, and a light source.

Abstract: A nail clipping apparatus for cutting a fingernail, thumbnail, or toenail nail of a user, comprising a base having an upstanding support member and a nail clipper disposed on the support member, wherein the nail clipper has a rotatable cutter head actuated to cut the user's nail by pivoting movement of a lower clipper arm upwardly toward and an upper clipper arm on which the cutter head resides, wherein the upper clipper arm is connected to the support member and wherein the lower clipper arm is connected to an actuating member that extends in front of the cutter head were a nail positioning pad is disposed on the actuating member adjacent the cutter head and where a user pushes downwardly on the actuating member to move the lower clipper arm upwardly toward the upper clipper arm to actuate the cutter head to cut a nail positioned in the cutter head.

Abstract: A disposable nail clipper is disclosed herein. Additionally, a nail clipper with removable, disposable cutting edges is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for using the nail clipper to clip nails. The disclosed nail clipper includes two body arms and at least one cutting edge portion, which is attached to one body arm. In one embodiment, the body arms and a lever are made of three similarly sized approximately rectangular pieces. Each body arm has a cutting edge portions attached thereto so that the cutting edges oppose each other. Each cutting edge portion is located at a distal end of each body arm. In one embodiment, the cutting edge portion is fixedly secured to the distal end of a body arm. In an alternate embodiment, the cutting edge portion is removably attached to the distal end of the body arm.

Abstract: A pet nail trimmer including a first cutting member and a second cutting member pivotably connected to the first cutting member. The first and second cutting members define an opening and are movable between an open position to receive a pet's nail in the opening and a closed position to cut the pet's nail. The nail trimmer also includes a grinder movably attached to one of the first and second cutting members, a motor connected to the grinder and mounted to the one of the first and second cutting members, and a power source mounted to the other of the first and second cutting members, where the power source is connected to the electric motor.

Abstract: The submission is an electrically powered, self-operated, hands-free, fingernail clipper for persons having neither the strength nor the flexibility to use a conventional leaf-spring type nail clipper. The unit is mounted in a PVC housing, with an aluminum cover, and consists of an electric, 3 RPM Hi-Torque motor, mounted on the side of a chassis strut, with a direct shaft drive to a Tri-Lobe cam that depresses the activating lever of a pair of conventional, leaf-spring type nail clippers. The motor is activated by a rocker switch, applying power through a cable plugged into normal house current (115-120V).

Abstract: A toenail clipper is provided that includes a two cutting members. A cam is attached to one cutting member and a leverage arm is pivotally attached to the other cutting member. The leverage arm engages the cam to provide amplified force to cut various items like thickened toenails and fingernails. A handle is also included that is connected to the leverage arm. The handle includes non-slip gripping material to prevent slippage during use of the clippers.

Abstract: An manicuring nipper having a cutting head with first blade and a second blade, a first handle affixed to the first blade and a second handle affixed to the second blade, each handle being pivotably attached to the other at a pivot connection, and a cuticle pusher at a distal end of either handle and a nail cleaner at a distal end of the other handle wherein the cuticle pusher or the nail cleaner or both are removably attachable to their respective handle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing arc type blades for a nail clipper, which corresponds to a curved surface of a finger nail, arc type blades and a nail clipper manufactured by the same.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a nail clipper. The nail clipper comprises upper and lower blade members with a suitable length to hold by hand which face each other and form inner concave parts of the spoon shape; cutting blades that face each other at one end of the concave part; support shaft holes to the cutting blades; elastic parts extended to one side of each of the concave parts, which are joined at the end to consolidate the upper and lower blade members; and a lever located above the upper blade member and connected through upper and lower blade members via the supporting shaft.

Abstract: The rubber packing behind the blades of the nail clipper catches the scattering nails, thus preventing it from leaving the compartment between the blades and the rubber surrounding in a circular fashion. This approach saves time and effort tracing nail scatters after nail clipper use.

Abstract: A double ended clipper, comprising a double clipper body having two opposite cutting members with a pair of cutting blades, in a planar or a stacked position. The cutting members can have clip covers covering both lateral sides of the cutting members with the clip cover leaving the cutting blades exposed. The double ended clipper is operated by a lever arm attached to the clip cover or by a handle attached to the cutting members in a similar manner as the conventional nail cutters.

Abstract: A nail clipper is described which can be used by a person having only one hand. The nail clipper comprises a base 32 shaped to rest on a horizontal surface and an elongate actuator 30 pivotably connected at one end to the base 32. A first cutting edge is located on the base 32 and an opening 34 is provided in the actuator 30 to allow the nail of a finger of a hand pressing down on the actuator to be placed over the first cutting edge. A second cutting edge movable with the actuator 30 towards the first cutting edge is used to trim the nail resting on the first cutting blade when the actuator 30 is depressed.

Abstract: A nail clipping device for preventing the nail clippings from jumping away from the clipper and being scattered around the nail clipping site. This device includes vertical catching side walls that are extended from both sides of upper and lower elongate parts of the clipper. The height of each catching side wall is just a little bit shorter than a half of the distance between the upper and lower elongate parts of the clipper when it is closed for cutting. When the clipper is not used the upper and lower catching side walls are apart from each other. However, when it is closed for nail clipping, the catching side walls approximate each other leaving just a small gap between them to form a side barrier to trap the nail clippings within. After clipping nails, by opening the clipper and holding it vertically the clippings can be disposed to desired place.

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.

Abstract: An illuminated nail clipper. The illustrated embodiment of the illuminated nail clipper includes a thumb lever including a tab and post attachment section. Additionally, the embodiment would have a bottom clipper portion, including a top blade and a bottom blade. There is also a rivet positioned through a first end of each of the top and bottom blades. A post may be positioned through a second end of each of the top and bottom blades. A cutting region would be formed between the top and bottom blades at the second end of each. Additionally, there is a lighting system that includes a power source and a light source. The light source would be electrically coupled to the power source. The light source would be positioned sufficiently high over a top surface of the thumb lever to project a beam of light over and around a top of the post to create a nail illumination region, which would be located just beyond the cutting area.

Abstract: A positioning device for clipping apparatus includes a hollow body which has an open side on one side that holds a track portion and an anchor portion on another side. The body houses a sliding member having a clipping unit and a harness arm. The harness arm is connected to the track portion to form a displacement path of the sliding member. The clipping unit includes an upper clipping portion and a lower clipping portion. The upper clipping portion is driven by the sliding member to move close to the lower clipping portion. A linking means connects an elastic element to the anchor portion and the sliding member so that the elastic element can be stretched and retracted against the displacement path of the sliding member to provide a returning elastic force to the sliding member. Thereby the sliding member can be positioned rapidly on each displacement path.

Abstract: The present invention is a nail clipper including an incorporated nail arrestor that prevents the unconstrained ejection and propulsion of cut nail clippings. The nail clipper includes two steel plates connected at one end and with cutting edges at an opposing end, and an operating lever, which moves the cutting edges of the plates together. A pivot pin is inserted through bores in both first and second plates, at a spaced distance behind the cutting edges. A grommet encircles the portion of the pin between the plates and maintains a spaced distance between the plates to form an opening for receiving a nail. The space between the foam and the topside of the second plate forms a receptacle for receiving nail clippings after they fall downwards from the cutting edges. The clippings may be emptied directly into a trash bin by tilting the nail clipper sideways.

Abstract: A nail clipper includes a body, an upper cutting part, a lower cutting part and a pressing piece. The body is a box shape which is open at the top and at the bottom near the front end, and has the lower cutting part at its front end and a sliding locking piece at its rear end. The sliding locking piece has a pulling button which protrudes outside the body. The upper cutting part is movably connected to the front end of the body and has an opening at its rear end. The pressing piece is movably connected through a pivot to the middle front part of the body and its rear end bends downwards and can hook onto the sliding locking piece.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting toenails and fingernails includes a sleeve that extends over a pair of blades that are each attached to a first end of a first and second member, respectively. The first and second members are attached at an opposite second end thereof and provide a spring action intermediate the first and second members sufficient to urge the blades away from each other. A lever is attached to the sleeve proximate the first end of the first and second members and is adapted to pivot about an axis to urge the first end of the first and second members towards each other for cutting nails.

Abstract: A nail clipper for pets has a clipper body formed with a pair of board spring arms with operating ends biased apart for mounting respective blade pieces thereon, and the blade pieces are each formed as a semi-circular or semi-elliptical ring half of a given thickness having a cutting edge formed on an inner facing rim thereof and diametrically opposing ends pivotally attached together with the semi-circular or semi-elliptical cutting edges positioned apart facing each other for insertion of a nail of a pet and closing together to cut the pet's nail. The blade pieces produce smooth nail edges cut in a semi-spherical or semi-elliptical shape in a single cutting action.

Abstract: Nail clippers having both shielded cutting blades to prevent intentional or accidental injury and an integral means for collecting clipped nails. The nail clippers include two hollow cylindrical housings each having both a closed and open end. The edges of the open ends of both housings each have a corresponding concave sharpened section, forming the cutting edges of a nail clipping slot. The housings are both slideably connected to and spring biased against each other. A nail inserted into the nail clipping slot is clipped by squeezing the housings together. Clipped nails are collected in the closed end of one of the housings. The closed end may be opened and/or removed to discard the clippings.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting an individual's fingernails. The apparatus has a plurality of holes into which a finger nail can be inserted to be clipped. The apparatus also has an internal reservoir for storage of finger nail clippings and also has placements of animal heads and animal body parts to help give the apparatus a more homely feel to it.

Abstract: A nail cutter has movable two corresponding and opposing levers and a “U” shaped cutting element that is made from a single block piece and having open fore ends that terminate in opposing cutting edges. The cutting element has a through hole in each of its arms, such holes receiving a pin having an oblong opening through the pin. Two shafts extend through small receiving holes at the ends of each corresponding and opposing lever, and each shaft further extends through the oblong opening in the pin, each shafts being at an opposite end of the oblong opening.

Abstract: The disclosure provides nail clippers having a pair of jaws shaped to provide oppositely disposed arcuate cutting edges and biased to an open position with a shield extending around and projecting forwardly of the corners of the cutting edges. The shield also can extend rearwardly from the cutting edges to form manipulating levers for operating the jaws. These can be aesthetically designed to provide the nail clippers with the appearance of an animate object such as a butterfly, or an inanimate object such as a vehicle.

Abstract: A nail clipper of the invention comprises a nail clipper body having a rigidity and a suitable length to grip, and a lever mounted on an upper side of the body and a nail cutter mounted on a lower side of the body through a supporting shaft passing through a supporting shaft hole formed in one side end of the body. When a user grips the cutter, and rotates the cutter centering around the supporting shaft according to using direction, the cutter is rotated at a time within a range of 360° without interference of an obstacle to cut the nail at the desired angle.

Abstract: A nail clipper for pets has a scissors structure provided with cutting surfaces formed by curved blade pieces. The curved blade pieces are created by dividing a spherical or elliptical body into quarter pieces having a hollow interior and formed with curved cutting edges. The blade pieces are hinged to opposite ends of a holding piece and moved by pivoting parts coupled to the ends of operating parts of the scissors structure. By operating the scissors structure, the curved blade pieces open and come together to cut the pet's nail, producing smooth nail edges cut in a curved shape with a single cutting action.

Abstract: A nail clipper 10 includes a fixed blade member 2 and a movable blade member 3. The fixed blade member 2 in a form of a curved plate has a curved face for enabling a finger tip F to be contacted with the curved face, a nail insertion groove 23 in an arc shape which is formed in this curved face, and a cutting edge 24 which is provided at a backward lower edge of the nail insertion groove 23. The movable blade member 3 has a curved face 33 so as to slide up and down along a back face of the fixed blade member 2, and a cutting edge 34 which is formed at a lower edge of the curved face 33 in a curved shape in correspondence with the above mentioned cutting edge 24. When the movable blade member 3 has slid downward, the cutting edge 34 is adapted to cut a part of a nail n which is protruded from the nail insertion groove 23.

Abstract: Provided is a nail clipper comprising upper and lower clipper arms, a lever arm, a retaining pin and an insert. The upper and lower clipper arms are joined at one end thereof and having cutting edges disposed on an opposite end. The retaining pin extends upwardly through holes formed in the upper and lower clipper arms and is pivotably engaged to the lever arm. Manipulation of the lever arm brings the cutting edges into direct engagement with one another for cutting of an article such as a finger nail. The insert includes an annular shoulder extending upwardly from an upper surface into engagement with the hole in the upper clipper arm. Two pairs of posts extend downwardly from a lower surface of the panel member. The posts are configured to restrict outward projection of clippings during cutting of the article.

Abstract: A nail clipper has an operation grip part pressurizing a cutting edge that can be freely rotated with respect to the body and moved along the surface of the body, thereby allowing a user to clip his or her nails with ease.

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.

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.

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.

Abstract: An article for grooming an animal comprises a nail clipper and a source of styptic material that is mounted to the nail clipper. In the preferred embodiment, the styptic material is provided within a cartridge that is mounted to a handle of the nail clipper. A nail file is preferably provided on an outside casing of the cartridge. The cartridge further includes a bowl shaped application area that may be used to conveniently apply the styptic to the animal during or after clipping.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nail clippers, which includes a body (10) provided with upper and lower steel plates (10a, 10b) that have an one end part on which cutting edges (10c) and through holes (10d) on the sides adjacent to the cutting edges (10c) are formed, an operation grip part (12) that has a pair of pressurizing bars (12a, 12b) that have coupling holes that correspond to the thought holes (10d) and a lever protrusion (12c) formed on one of the pair of pressurizing bars (12a, 12b) corresponding to any one surface of the upper and lower steel plates (10a, 10b), and a support shaft (14) that is passed through the through holes (10d) of the upper and lower steel plates (10a, 10b) and the coupling holes of the operation grip part (12).

Abstract: A nail clipper 10 includes a fixed blade member 2 and a movable blade member 3. The fixed blade member 2 in a form of a curved plate has a curved face for enabling a finger tip F to be contacted with the curved face, a nail insertion groove 23 in an arc shape which is formed in this curved face, and a cutting edge 24 which is provided at a backward lower edge of the nail insertion groove 23. The movable blade member 3 has a curved face 33 so as to slide up and down along a back face of the fixed blade member 2, and a cutting edge 34 which is formed at a lower edge of the curved face 33 in a curved shape in correspondence with the above mentioned cutting edge 24. When the movable blade member 3 has slid downward, the cutting edge 34 is adapted to cut a part of a nail n which is protruded from the nail insertion groove 23.

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.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nail clipper provided with cutting edges having a curvature corresponding to a section and a curve of a nail, in which a blade body can be replaced with one having suitable cutting edges according to a shape and a size of a nail. In a nail clipper according to one embodiment of the present invention, cutting edges formed at one ends of upper and lower blades of a blade body are curved with a first curvature to the one end of the blade body while being bent with a second curvature with respect to the blade body. In a nail clipper according to another embodiment of the present invention, a blade body is removably received in a casing and a lever for applying force to the blade body is coupled to the casing. Since the blade body can be removably disposed in the casing, thus, it is possible that one having cutting edges corresponding to a size of the nail can be coupled to the casing, instead of the blade body.

Abstract: A nail clipper for pets has a clipper body formed with a pair of board spring arms with operating ends biased apart for mounting respective blade pieces thereon, and the blade pieces are each formed as a semi-circular or semi-elliptical ring half of a given thickness having a cutting edge formed on an inner facing rim thereof and diametrically opposing ends pivotally attached together with the semi-circular or semi-elliptical cutting edges positioned apart facing each other for insertion of a nail of a pet and closing together to cut the pet's nail. The blade pieces produce smooth nail edges cut in a semi-spherical or semi-elliptical shape in a single cutting action.