U.S. patent number 3,774,993 [Application Number 05/249,502] was granted by the patent office on 1973-11-27 for finger nail inspection unit.
Invention is credited to Esther E. Senff.
United States Patent |
3,774,993 |
Senff |
November 27, 1973 |
FINGER NAIL INSPECTION UNIT
Abstract
A device for enabling a person to inspect the fingernails of one
hand under a magnifying glass, and to dress said fingernails and
apply nail polish with the fingers held in a fixed position under
the magnifier. The device consists of a stand with parallel grooves
in a horizontal surface, said grooves serving to locate the fingers
and fingernails in a fixed position, in approximately one plane,
together with a magnifying glass mounted to an arm member that
permits locating the magnifier as desired to view the
fingernails.
Inventors: |
Senff; Esther E. (Beverly
Hills, CA) |
Family
ID: |
22943721 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/249,502 |
Filed: |
May 2, 1972 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
359/804;
132/73.5; 359/809 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45D
29/22 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A45D
29/00 (20060101); A45D 29/22 (20060101); G02b
007/02 () |
Field of
Search: |
;350/235-244,251
;132/73.5 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Schonberg; David
Assistant Examiner: Tokar; Michael J.
Claims
1. A device for the inspection of the finger nails of one hand
under a magnifier lens, consisting of a base with an upper
horizontal surface in which four parallel longitudinal grooves
serve for the purpose of locating the fingers of one hand so that
when said fingers are laid in said grooves, the finger nails are in
approxiametely the same horizontal plane, together with a magnifier
lens which is mounted on an arm member such that the magnifier lens
may rotate about a horizontal axis, with pivotable means fastening
said arm member to the device so that the height of the magnifier
above the upper base surface may be adjusted by rotation of the arm
member about its fastening means to the device, in which the
magnifier mounting arm member is pivotably fastened to the base of
the device.
Description
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A device for the inspection of fingernails under a magnifying glass
so as to simplify the task of dressing the fingernails and applying
nail polish.
An advantage of this device is that the fingers and fingernails are
held in a fixed position, while being observed through the
magnifier. The use of nail cleaning tools is accomplished with
greater accuracy and safety.
A further advantage of the invention is that it is of simple and
lightweight construction, and may be folded to permit storage in a
vanity drawer.
The deivce consists of a base the upper surface of which is faced
with parallel grooves of the size to locate fingers. A jointed arm
member pivotably attached to one side of said base is mounted to a
magnifier, preferably of rectangular shape. The jointed mangnifier
arm permits varying the height of the magnifier above the plane of
the base surface, while permitting the rotation of the magnifier
about a horizontal axis so as to maintain the magnifier parallel to
the plane of the observed fingernails lying on the grooves of the
base surface.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The objects and features of the invention may be understood with
reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative
embodiment of the invention, taken together with the accompanying
drawing in which: DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the device as seen from above;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the device; and
FIG. 3 is an end view of the device.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Turning now descriptively to the drawing, in which similar
reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several
views, FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 illustrate the device 10,
consisting of a base 11 in which four parallel grooves 12 are
located for holding the fingers of one hand in position under
magnifier glass 20.
A vertical side 13 of the device 10 serves as a mounting for
magnifier arms 15 and 16 which are pivotably fastened together by
rivet 14, with arm 15 being pivotably fastened to the side member
13 by rivet 24, and arm 16 pivotably fastend to magnifier frame 21
by rivet 25.
The magnifier 20 may be fabricated of glass or plastic, and may be
elevated and rotated so as to keep the fingernails in the proper
focus, and to enable selective magnification of the field, while
the fingers rest in the parallel grooves 12.
As an alternate embodiment, magnifier arm 15 may be directly
fastened to the side of base 11 at the level below that of the
plane of the grroves 11 so as to require less storage space, when
not in use.
A lamp unit may be fastened to the underside of magnifier frame 21
to illuminate the field of view.
Since four fingers are simultaneously viewed under the magnifier
20, the task of dressing the finger nails and particularly applying
of nail polish is simplified since visual magnified comparisons may
be made to coat all nails similarly.
Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of the
invention described herein, it is indicated that all matter
contained herein is intended as illustrative and not as limiting in
scope. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and
desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:
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