U.S. patent application number 12/848030 was filed with the patent office on 2012-02-02 for nail guide and methodology of use.
Invention is credited to Khanh N. Nguyen.
Application Number | 20120024307 12/848030 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 45525459 |
Filed Date | 2012-02-02 |
United States Patent
Application |
20120024307 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Nguyen; Khanh N. |
February 2, 2012 |
NAIL GUIDE AND METHODOLOGY OF USE
Abstract
One possible embodiment of the invention could be a fingernail
guide comprising of a body formed into a open-ring shape having a
guide portion, a pair of trapezoidal-shaped wings, and a grip
portion; the guide portion having the front guide edge and a back
concave curved edge, the two edges meeting one another to
respectively form two side ends; each of the trapezoidal-shaped
wings being attached to respective side end to project downward
from the guide portion; the grip portion being a circular plate
perpendicularly attached to back concave curved edge and projecting
upward from the guide portion; wherein the fingernail guide is
placed upon a finger to cover a portion of a manicured fingernail
so that the front guide edge faces the tip of the nail; the back
concave curved edge is proximate to the cuticle; and the wings
straddle the sides of the finger.
Inventors: |
Nguyen; Khanh N.; (Reno,
NV) |
Family ID: |
45525459 |
Appl. No.: |
12/848030 |
Filed: |
July 30, 2010 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
132/200 ;
132/73.5 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45D 29/00 20130101;
A45D 29/004 20130101; A45D 29/18 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
132/200 ;
132/73.5 |
International
Class: |
A45D 29/18 20060101
A45D029/18 |
Claims
1. A fingernail guide for guiding the removal of a portion of one
or more polymer coatings placed upon a fingernail comprising of:
(A) a body having a guide portion, a pair of trapezoidal-shaped
wings, and a grip portion; the guide portion and wings further
formed into a open-ring shape; (B) the guide portion having a front
guide edge and a back concave curved edge, the two edges meeting
one another to respectively form two side ends; (C) each of the
trapezoidal-shaped wings having a wide end and narrow end, the
narrow end being attached to respective side end, the wings further
projecting downward from the guide portion; (D) the grip portion
being a circular plate perpendicularly attached to back concave
curved edge and projecting upward and away from the guide portion;
wherein when the fingernail guide is placed upon a finger to cover
a portion of a polychromatic, polymer-coated manicured fingernail,
the front guide edge faces the tip of the nail; the back concave
curved edge is proximate to the cuticle; and the wings straddle the
sides of the finger.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the body further features a set
of cutouts that allow an operator of the fingernail guide to look
through fingernail guide to observe the location of the cuticle of
the finger relative to the placement of the front guide edge upon
the manicured fingernail.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cutouts further define a
centerline post that is humped to allow the fingernail guide to
accommodate difference in height between the nail and fleshy
portion of the finger proximate to the cuticle.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the grip portion allows an
operator to rotate the fingernail guide upon the finger to properly
align the fingernail guide upon the finger.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the front guide edge provides a
guide means against which a rotating grinding bit is moved for the
controlled removal of a portion of at least one polymer coating
from the fingernail.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the controlled removal of a
portion of at least one polymer coating creates a demarcation curve
groove.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the demarcation curve groove is
used re-establish a new demarcation curve for an existing polymer
covering manicure on the fingernail.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the wide end is flared upward
to form a saddle means that retains a portion of an operator's
finger.
9. A combination of a fingernail guide and a grinding means
comprising of: (A) a fingernail guide having a guide portion, a
pair of trapezoidal-shaped wings, and a grip portion, the guide
portion and wings formed into a open-ring shape; (B) the guide
portion having the front guide edge and a back concave curved edge;
(C) each of the trapezoidal-shaped wings respectively attached to
the guide portion between the front guide edge and a back concave
curved edge, the wings further projecting downward from the guide
portion; (D) the grip portion being a circular plate
perpendicularly attached to back concave curved edge and projecting
upward and away from the guide portion; (E) a grinding means for
removing a portion of a polymer coating from a fingernail; wherein
the fingernail guide is placed upon a finger to cover a portion of
a polychromatic polymer-coated manicured fingernail so that the
front guide edge faces the tip of the nail, the back concave curved
edge is proximate to the cuticle, and the wings straddle the sides
of the finger, and the grinding means operates against both the
fingernail and the front guide edge to create a demarcation curve
groove.
10. The combination of claim 9 wherein the body further features a
set of cutouts, which allow an operator of the nail guide to look
through the cutouts to observe the location of the cuticle of the
finger relative to the placement of the front guide edge upon the
fingernail.
11. The combination of claim 9 wherein the wings respectively flare
upward to form saddle means into which portions of an operator's
fingers may be partially encapsulated when squeezing the wings
against the finger upon which the fingernail guide rests.
12. The combination of claim 9 wherein the guide means may have
variety of different shapes to correspondingly create a new
demarcation curve with a variety of different shapes.
13. The combination of claim 9 wherein the front guide edge further
provides a guide means against which grinding means is moved
against to create a demarcation curve groove upon the
fingernail.
14. The combination of claim 9 wherein the grip portion rotates the
fingernail guide about the fingernail.
15. A methodology of operating a fingernail guide comprising of the
following steps, but not necessarily in the order shown: (A)
providing an fingernail guide having a body with two wings
attaching to the guide portion and extending downward to form a
open-ring form, a grip portion attached to the guide portion and
extending upward; the guide portion further providing a guide means
for directing the movement of a grinding means; (B) providing a
grinding means for removing one or more portions of one or more
polymer coatings from a fingernail; (C) placing the fingernail
guide upon the finger having polychromatic, polymer coated,
manicured fingernail with a demarcation curve that has moved from
its original position due to normal nail growth; and (D) bringing
the grinding means in contact with the front guide edge to guide
the removal of portions of one or more polymer coatings to create a
demarcation curve groove used to form a new demarcation curve.
16. The process of claim 15 further comprising a step of twisting
the grip portion to rotate a guide means into desired orientation
upon the fingernail.
17. The process of claim 15 further comprising a step of adding
polymer coating onto the demarcation groove to establish a new
demarcation curve.
18. The process of claim 15 further comprising of the step of
adding a polymer coating onto the fingernail portion created by new
growth.
19. The process of claim 15 further comprising of the step of
partially encapsulating a portion of the operator's fingers in the
wings.
20. The process of claim 15 wherein the guide portion further
includes cutouts to allow the operator to observe the location of
the fingernail guide relative to cuticle of the finger that is
otherwise covered by the fingernail guide.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not applicable
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED
Research or Development
[0002] Not applicable
REFERENCE TO A "MICROFICHE APPENDIX"
[0003] Not applicable.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0004] The present invention may relate to fingernail guides. More
specifically, the present invention may relate to fingernail guides
used in applying manicures to fingernails.
BACKGROUND
[0005] The aesthetics of finely groomed and manicured fingernails
is appreciated by many segments of society. One well-liked
fingernail manicure is a polychromatic or French manicure wherein
the tip of the nail receives one color while the base of nail
receives one or more different colors (or a clear coat.) The colors
of this manicure may be colored polymer coatings. To create the
polymer coating, the manicure technician may dip a brush into the
monomer liquid and then may dip the brush into colored monomer
powder to form the color polymer coating. The technician may then
use a brush to apply the polymer coating, which has a mud-like
consistency, onto the fingernail surface (and/or nail extension
affixed to the fingernail).
[0006] The key to this type of manicure is that the interface or
meeting of the two or more different polymer coatings that
substantially presents a curved border (e.g., demarcation curve)
located proximate to the edge of the finger. To provide an
aesthetically pleasing demarcation curve, which can be very hard to
hand apply using just a brush, many manicure technicians after
applying a polymer coating may use a curved-edge instrument
(sometimes, using the curved edge of a spare nail extension) to
scrape away an excess portion of the applied polymer coating to
create the desired demarcation curve.
[0007] A second color polymer coating may be applied to remaining
exposed portion of the nail (or nail/nail extension combination)
and generally covers the remainder of the fingernail up to the
demarcation curve. Once applied to the fingernail, the multiple
polymer coatings are substantially dried (as activated by a
UV-light, or the evaporation of a solvent common to the polymers).
The dried polymer coatings can then be polished or a clear coat
polymer may be applied over the previous polymer coatings and
subsequently dried and polished to present the final manicure.
[0008] Once the polychromatic manicure is established, normal
fingernail outgrowth generally moves the demarcation curve further
away from the cuticle as new fingernail growth occurs at base of
the fingernail/cuticle. This new fingernail growth is also
noticeable in that it is not covered by any of the
previously-applied polymer coatings. To remedy this occurrence, and
reestablish the original location of the demarcation curve, the
manicure technician may first re-cuts or grinds down the tip of
fingernail/applied nail extension to its original position relative
to the tip of the finger. The technician may then use a grinding
means, such as a powered-rotary drill with a grinding bit, to grind
down the previously-applied polymer coatings of the nail/nail
extension so that new polymer coatings may be applied to
reestablish the manicure and its demarcation curve at its original
position on the fingernail. Generally, the grinding down of the
original polymer coatings reduces the thickness of the original
manicure to substantially allow an application of new polymer
coatings to be applied over the original manicure without
significantly increasing the thickness of refinished polychromatic
manicure from that of the original manicure.
[0009] The step of grinding down the entire surface of the original
polymer coatings needs to be done with care and skill by the
manicure technician so that the grinding bit does not run across
the flesh/skin portion of the customer's finger to abrade or
otherwise cut it. The technician then reapplies the various polymer
coatings to recreate the entire manicure. This step of
re-establishing the polychromatic manicure not only takes time and
skill to accomplish, but may result in addition costs that can make
such re-establishment manicure procedure more expensive than the
application of the original manicure. What is needed therefore is a
re-establishment manicure methodology and an accompanying apparatus
used in conjunction with a grinding means to remove only those
portions of the previously-applied polymer coatings needed to
re-establish the original position of the polychromatic manicure's
demarcation curve between the different polymer coatings.
SUMMARY OF ONE EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
Advantages of One or More Embodiments of the Present Invention
[0010] The various embodiments of the present invention may, but do
not necessarily, achieve one or more of the following
advantages:
[0011] the ability to re-establish a manicure demarcation curve
advanced out of its original position by new nail growth without
grinding down all the polymer coatings previously laid down in the
original manicure;
[0012] to provide a fingernail guide used to grind out of small
portion of the polymer coatings previously laid down on the finger
nail to re-establish the demarcation curve;
[0013] the ability to grasp and twist a fingernail guide into
proper alignment on a fingernail;
[0014] to provide a finger nail guide through which the location of
the cuticle may be observed to properly locate the edge of the nail
guide used to guide the movement of a grinding means;
[0015] to provide to set of different-sized fingernail guides to
accommodate a wide variety of different sized and shaped fingers
and fingernails;
[0016] the ability to cover and protect the flesh portions of the
finger while grinding down previously-applied fingernail polymer
coatings to reestablish a demarcation curve; and
[0017] to provide a means to see through the nail guide and observe
the position of the cuticle relative to the nail guide when the
cuticle is otherwise covered by the guide;
[0018] the ability to have the nail guide accommodate the
difference in height between the nail portion and cuticle/flesh
portion of the finger;
[0019] to provide a place to rest the operators fingers when
grasping the guide; and
[0020] the ability to reduce the expense of re-establishing
demarcation curve for a polychromatic manicure.
[0021] These and other advantages may be realized by reference to
the remaining portions of the specification, claims, and
abstract.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ONE EMBODIMENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0022] One possible embodiment of the invention could be a
fingernail guide comprising of a body formed into a open-ring shape
having a guide portion, a pair of trapezoidal-shaped wings, and a
grip portion; the guide portion having the front guide edge and a
back concave curved edge, the two edges meeting one another to
respectively form two side ends; each of the trapezoidal-shaped
wings being attached to respective side end to project downward
from the guide portion; the grip portion being a circular plate
perpendicularly attached to back concave curved edge and projecting
upward from the guide portion; wherein the fingernail guide is
placed upon a finger to cover a portion of a manicured fingernail
so that the front guide edge faces the tip of the nail; the back
concave curved edge is proximate to the cuticle; and the wings
straddle the sides of the finger.
[0023] Another possible embodiment of the invention could be
combination of a fingernail guide and a grinding means comprising
of a fingernail guide having a guide portion, a pair of
trapezoidal-shaped wings, and a grip portion formed into a open
ring shape; the guide portion having the front guide edge and a
back concave curved edge; each of the trapezoidal-shaped wings
attached to the guide portion between the front guide edge and a
back concave curved edge, the wings further projecting downward
from the guide portion; the grip portion being a circular plate
perpendicularly attached to back concave curved edge and projecting
upward and away from the guide portion; a grinding means comprising
of a cutting bit powered by a powered rotary drill; wherein the
fingernail guide is placed upon a finger to cover a portion of a
polychromatic polymer manicured fingernail so that the front guide
edge faces the tip of the nail, the back concave curved edge is
proximate to the cuticle, and the wings straddle the sides of the
finger, and the grinding means operates against both the fingernail
and the front guide edge to create a new demarcation curve.
[0024] Another possible embodiment could be a methodology of
operating a fingernail guide comprising of the following steps,
providing an open-ring shaped fingernail guide having a guide
portion, two trapezoidal-shaped wings attaching to the guide
portion; the guide portion further providing a guide means for
directing the movement of a grinding means; providing a grinding
means for removing one or more portions of one or more polymer
coatings from a fingernail; placing the fingernail guide upon the
finger having a fingernail polychromatic manicure of two or more
polymer coatings and a demarcation curve so that the wings straddle
the finger to place the guide means facing the tip of the finger
nail to denote the location of a new demarcation curve; and
bringing the grinding means in contact with the front guide edge to
guide the removal of portions of one or more polymer coatings to
help form a new demarcation curve.
[0025] The above description sets forth, rather broadly, a summary
of one embodiment of the present invention so that the detailed
description that follows may be better understood and contributions
of the present invention to the art may be better appreciated. Some
of the embodiments of the present invention may not include all of
the features or characteristics listed in the above summary. There
are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be
described below and will form the subject matter of claims. In this
respect, before explaining at least one preferred embodiment of the
invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is
not limited in its application to the details of the construction
and to the arrangement of the components set forth in the following
description or as illustrated in the drawings. The invention is
capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out
in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology
and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description
and should not be regarded as limiting.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0026] FIG. 1 is substantially a perspective view of one embodiment
of the present invention.
[0027] FIG. 2 is substantially a front elevation view of one
embodiment of the present invention.
[0028] FIGS. 3, 3A, and 3B substantially show the invention in a
flattened or planar view with various outline shapes of the guide
means.
[0029] FIG. 4 is substantially a perspective view of the kit form
of the invention.
[0030] FIG. 5 is substantially a flowchart for a process of
operating the invention.
[0031] FIG. 6 is substantially a perspective view of present
invention located upon a finger.
[0032] FIG. 7 is substantially a perspective view of the present
invention being held in place by the operator's fingers.
[0033] FIG. 8 is substantially a perspective view of the present
invention being twisted in place by the operator's fingers.
[0034] FIG. 9 is substantially a perspective view showing the
grinding means applied to the present invention.
[0035] FIG. 10 is substantially a perspective view showing the new
demarcation curve groove and natural growth groove of the nail.
[0036] FIG. 11 is substantially a perspective view showing a first
polymer coating filling in the naturally occurring groove.
[0037] FIG. 12 is substantially a perspective view showing second
polymer coating being used to fill in the new demarcation curve
groove.
DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN EMBODIMENTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0038] In the following detailed description of the preferred
embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which
form a part of this application. The drawings show, by way of
illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be
practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be
utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from
the scope of the present invention.
[0039] One possible embodiment of the present invention 10 could
comprise of a finger nail guide 20 and methodology for its use 200.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the guide 20 could comprise of a body 22
compromising of a guide portion 30, a pair of trapezoidal-shaped
wings 50, and a grip portion 60. The guide portion 30 could have a
front guide edge 32 and a back concave curved edge 34 wherein the
side ends 36 formed by front guide edge 32 and the back concave
curved edge 34 coming towards one another are generally curved
downwards and towards one another to substantially form the body 22
as open-ring shape further generally denoting a hollow, double-open
ended passage. The front guide edge 32 could be a guide means 38
against which a grinding means 290 (e.g., a grind bit 300, sanding
drum [not shown] and the like powered by a powered rotary drill 302
as substantially shown in FIG. 9) is pressed against to generally
guide the grinding mean's movement upon the nail 402 in removing
portions of the previously applied polymer coats to re-establish
the demarcation curve 404 upon the nail 402. The back concave
curved edge 32 substantially accommodates the curve presented by
the flesh of the client's finger 400 (to which the guide 20 is
being applied) proximate to the cuticle and first knuckle.
[0040] As shown in FIGS. 3, 3A, 3B, the front guide edge 32 in
other embodiments of the invention 10 that could have a wide
variety of shapes could be imparted to the front guide edge 32,
including non-curved shapes, (e.g., straight-edge, a pointed-edge,
concave-edge, and the alike) as needed or otherwise required by the
artistry of the manicure, and still be considered part of the
invention 10. The shape of demarcation curve 404 to be
re-established on the client's nail 402 is determined by the
selected shape of the front guide edge 32.
[0041] The guide portion 30 could further feature a pair of
triangular-shaped cutouts 40 to allow the operator to see where the
location of the cuticle 406 when the guide 20 is placed upon the
finger 400 and cuticle 406 would otherwise be covered-up by the
guide 20 (as substantially shown in FIG. 6). At least one cutout 40
could be placed on each respective side of the guide portion 30.
The placement of the cutouts 40 could form a center line post 42
that could further be humped to further allow the guide 20 to
accommodate the difference in heights between the nail 402 and the
cuticle/fleshy portion of the finger 400.
[0042] Each of the pair of the trapezoidal-shaped wings 50 could
have a narrow end 52 and a wide end 54. The narrow end 52 could be
used to attach the wing 50 to a respective side ends 36 of the
guide portion 30 and then wing 50 could descend downwards and away
from the guide portion 30. The wings 50 could generally have an
outwardly curved orientation generally contributing to the
open-ring shape of the guide 20. The wide ends 54 could generally
be flared upward, generally towards the guide portion 30 for each
to substantially form a saddle means 56 to generally receive and at
least partially encapsulate a portion of an operator's finger 502.
In this manner, (as substantially shown in FIG. 7) once the guide
20 is placed upon the client's finger 400 and the wings 50 are
substantially straddling the sides of the finger 402, the operator,
places at least two of its fingers 402 (e.g., a finger and a thumb)
against the wings 50 to respectively engage the upwardly-flared or
curved wide end 54. In putting pressure down against the wide ends
54 and pinching the wings 50 together and against the client's
finger 400 to be manicured, the operator 500 can securely locate
and hold the guide 20 in place upon the finger 400 to be manicured.
To further assist in the placement of the guide 20 upon the finger
400 to be manicured, the wings 50 could further have a roughen
surface 58 (e.g., indentations such as stippling, raised bars, and
the like) to provide greater friction that allows the operator's
fingers 502 to better grasp the wings 50 during operation.
[0043] The grip portion 60 could be a circular plate 62
perpendicularly attached to the curved concave back edge and to
generally project itself upwards and away from the guide portion.
The grip portion 60 could further feature a roughened surface 64
(indentations such as raised stippling, bars, and the like) to
allow the operator 500 to better grasp the grip portion 60 during
operation. The grip portion 60 could be grasped by the operator 500
(as substantially shown in FIG. 8) and twisted to further rotate
the guide 20 in proper orientation upon the client's finger 400 and
its nail 402.
[0044] The fingernail guide 20 could be made from resilient
material, such as steel, whose selected qualities could allow the
nail guide 20 to substantially resist the operation of grinding bit
300 driven by a powered rotary drill 302 being moved against its
front guide edge 30. In this manner, the general outline of the
nail guide could be punched from sheet of steel and then formed
accordingly into its desired shape.
[0045] As substantially shown in FIG. 4, another embodiment of the
invention 20, because individuals have different sized and shaped
fingers with correspondingly different sized and shaped nails,
could be a form of a nail guide kit 600 having a set of different
sized and shaped nail guides 20. The kit 600 could feature
container 602 with a clear, top lid 604 (featuring suitable
indicia) movably attached to a side of a compartment 606. The
compartment 606 could display and reversibly hold in place the set
of nail guides 20 in order by size.
[0046] Methodology
[0047] As substantially shown in FIG. 5 is a methodology or process
200 of operating or using the nail guide 20 could start with step
202, selection of manicure and guide. In this step 202, the
manicure technician, in discussing various manicure options with
the client, could decide what kind of manicure to apply to the
client's fingers. If selection is for a pre-applied polychromatic
manicure using polymer coatings, then the manicure technician could
select the nail guide(s), rotary bit, rotary tools, polymer nail
colors and other suitable manicure implements. The technician could
select the nail guide 20 according to shape of the front guide edge
32 (e.g., giving the shape to the new demarcation curve that will
be re-established on the client's finger) as well as the size and
shape of the client's finger/fingernail. The technician could
select and otherwise identify those nail guides 20 that would be
used other fingers 400 of the client. After step 202 is
substantially completed, the process 200 could proceed upon step
204, applying nail guide to client finger.
[0048] As substantially shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8, step 204,
applying the nail guide to the client's finger, could involve the
operator or manicure technician 500 gently grasping the guide 20 by
its wings 50 (and/or the grip portion 60) and place the guide 20
upon the desired finger 400 of the client so that guide portion 30
covers a portion of the polychromatic manicured nail 402 and
straddles the finger 400 with the trapezoidal-shaped wings 50. In
this manner, the front guide edge 32 should be facing the tip of
the nail 402 while the back concave curved edge 34 is facing the
first knuckle. The humped center line post 42, when nail guide 20
is properly positioned upon the client's finger 400, generally
accommodates the difference in height between the nail 402 and the
cuticle/fleshy portion of the finger 400.
[0049] After initially securing the nail guide 20 to client's
finger/nail by pressing together the wings 50 together to straddle
and engage the finger 400 and pressing downward on the upward
curved wide ends 54 of the wings 50, the operator 500 can further
orient the nail guide 20 by grasping (e.g., with the fingers 502 of
it's free hand) the grip portion 60 and twisting it as required to
rotate the nail guide 20 to correctly place front guide edge 32
relative to the location and orientation of the cuticle 406 (as
seen through the cutouts 40). Once properly oriented and positioned
on the nail/finger, the operator 500 can firmly squeeze the wings
50 together and downward (engaging the saddle means 65) to
reversibly secure the nail guide 20 to the client's finger 400 in
the desired orientation and placement. At the substantial
completion of step 204, the process 200 could proceed to step 206,
the application of the grinding means to the guide.
[0050] In step 206, application of the grinding means to the nail
guide, as substantially shown in FIG. 9, the operator/manicure
technician could operate the grinding means 290 (e.g., a powered
rotary drill 310 with cutting bit 300 or sander drum bit) and bring
the top edge of the bit 300 up to and against the front guide edge
32. By making contact with the polymer coated nail 402 and moving
the grinding bit 300 back and forth from one end of the front guide
edge 32 to the other, the operator can remove the old demarcation
edge (established between the previously-applied plurality of
polymer color coatings) from the nail 402. The guide portion 30 and
wings 50 generally protect the covered portions of the nail 402 and
the fleshy portions of the straddled finger 402 from unwanted
cutting activity of the grinding means 290.
[0051] As substantially shown in FIG. 10, after removing one or
more portions of the previously-applied polymer nail coatings to
establish the new demarcation curve groove 406, the manicure
technician can power down and set aside the grinding means 290 and
remove the nail guide 20 from the finger 400. After substantially
completing this step, the process 200 can move onto decision 208,
whether or not apply guide other fingers.
[0052] At decision 208, whether or not apply guide other fingers,
the operator decides whether to go back to step 204 to apply a
selected nail guide 20 for another respective finger 400 or to go
onto step 210, apply new polymer coating, if all, of desired
fingers 400 of the client have been given respective new
demarcation curves 404.
[0053] At step 210, apply new polymer coating, as substantially
shown in FIG. 11, the manicure technician or operator may select a
first color polymer coating(s) 408 for filling the naturally
occurring groove 405 next to the cuticle 406 created by nail
growth. The operator then may fill in the groove 405 with this
additional polymer coating(s) 408 using a brush.
[0054] As substantially shown in FIG. 12, the nail technician then
selects a second color polymer coating 409 to the fill in the
demarcation curve groove 407. The operator then may fill in the
groove 407 with the second polymer coating 409 using a brush. The
operator then can polish the new and established polymer coatings
and/or may apply a clear polymer coating over the entire nail. At
the substantial completion of this step 210, the process 200 can go
back to step 202 for providing another polychromatic, polymer
coating manicure.
CONCLUSION
[0055] Although the description above contains many specifications,
these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the
invention but as merely providing illustrations of some of the
presently preferred embodiments of this invention. Thus, the scope
of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and
their legal equivalents rather than by the examples given.
[0056] As shown above, the invention can be a cost-effective means
to re-establish a manicure demarcation curve of a polychromatic
manicure that is advanced out of its original position by new nail
growth without grinding down all the polymer coatings previously
laid down in the original manicure.
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