U.S. patent number 3,855,698 [Application Number 05/462,253] was granted by the patent office on 1974-12-24 for ecology nail-clip reservoir device.
Invention is credited to Kenneth R. Crosby.
United States Patent |
3,855,698 |
Crosby |
December 24, 1974 |
ECOLOGY NAIL-CLIP RESERVOIR DEVICE
Abstract
An enclosed nail clip and enclosing case operable in the closed
state of the case having a case reservoir structure for the clipped
nails, the clipping lever being enclosed with an exposed lever-end
accessible for applying finger pressure thereto to close the
clipper blades, and the casing structure providing a concavely
shaped aperture following the opposing blades providing access to
finger ends carrying nails to be clipped, the enclosure being
openable for emptying collected clippings therefrom.
Inventors: |
Crosby; Kenneth R. (New York,
NY) |
Family
ID: |
23835756 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/462,253 |
Filed: |
April 19, 1974 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
30/124; 132/73;
30/28; 132/75.4 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45D
29/023 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A45D
29/02 (20060101); A45D 29/00 (20060101); A45d
029/02 () |
Field of
Search: |
;30/28,124,125 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Smith; Al Lawrence
Assistant Examiner: Peters; J. C.
Claims
I claim:
1. A nail clip device comprising in combination: an enclosure means
including a bottom member defining front and rear and opposite
lateral portions and a bottom section interconnecting the portions
and defining a recess in the nature of a slot extending from the
front to rear portions in an upper face of the bottom member and
adjacent at least one of the side portions there being defined
additional recess space communicating with the recess at a front
portion, the additional recess space being defined also in the
upper face of the bottom member, and there being a concave recess
in the front portion in a front side wall therein defined in
communication with a forward end of the slot recess, and the bottom
member in the base of the slot recess forward end being shaped to
stably receive a bottom face of a nail clipper means; a nail
clipper means including upper and lower biased-apart clipping
blades and a lever post mounted in the lower blade with pivotal
joining structure defined in the upper portion of the lever post,
and a lever arm defining steps therein to define proximal and
distal lever portions spaced apart by a step portion, there being
in juxtaposition to the step portion a projection extending
downwardly from the distal lever portion making contact with an
upper face of said upper upper blade, a terminal end of said distal
lever portion being pivotably attaching to and being attached to
the pivotal joining structure such that downward pressure on a
terminal end of the distal lever portion is closable together of
the upper and lower blades; and an upper top member shaped to fit
on top of the bottom member and to enclose therebeneath said nail
clipper means and said slot recess and said additional recess and
defining a through space at an end mounted over the terminal end of
said distal lever portion for exterior access to press downwardly
the terminal end of said distal lever portion.
2. A nail clip device of claim 1, in which a lower face of said
upper top member includes an elongated recess of stepped shape
extending from a forward portion thereof rearwardly to said through
space such that said stepped lever arm is seatable flushly
therein.
3. A nail clip device of claim 2, in which each of opposite side
portions of each of the bottom member and the upper top member
jointly define structure for detachably locking together in a
closed state the bottom member and the upper top member.
4. A nail clip device of claim 3, in which the jointly defined
structure for detachably locking together the bottom member and the
top member comprises an outwardly-extending flange structure on an
edge of one member and an inwardly-extending flange structure on a
matching edge of the other member for each of opposite side
portions, with the respective flanges running from front to rear
such that the top member is slidably securably mountable on the
bottom member.
5. A nail clip device of claim 4, in which each of the top member
and the bottom member defines a substantially top and bottom face
respectively about parallel to one-another.
6. A nail clip device of claim 5, including a series of at least
two steps in the lever arm, the second step being along the distal
lever portion positioned for elevating the terminal end of the
distal lever portion upwardly through said through space of said
top member.
7. A nail clip device of claim 6, including a handle mounted on
said terminal end of the distal lever portion.
8. A nail clip device of claim 1, including a series of at least
two steps in the lever arm, the second step being along the distal
lever portion positioned for elevating the terminal end of the
distal lever portion upwardly through said through space of said
top member.
9. A nail clip device of claim 8, including a handle mounted on
said terminal end of the distal lever portion.
Description
This invention is directed to a finger and/or toe nail clipper.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Prior to the present invention, it has been common practice to clip
the nails with use of the conventional vise-clipper having the
lever handle which when depressed, by fulcum pressure serves to
force together the opposing clipper blades, and the clipped nails
fall into the chair or onto the carpet or floor or dirty-up other
equally clean place where it would normally be desired to avoid
such debris, and the vacuum cleaner or carpet cleaner being the
usual most effective method or means for cleaning-up the mess after
the clipping operation. So, to say the least, such clippers,
although most convenient and efficient in neatly clipping nails
without undue loss of time, is particularly untidy and therefore a
problem from the standpoint of house-keeping as well as a problem
or hazard healthwise, finger and toes being usually especially
unsanitary. Prior clips have had lever arms that could not be
operatively enclosed within a casing, and devoid of enclosing cases
with such lever-concealing advantage and devoid of a casing shaped
to receive a finger end, and devoid of an enclosing casing with
special nail clip reservoir space, and devoid of a separable base
bottom for ease in emptying the reservoir.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to overcome one or more of
the difficulties, problems, and hazards of the types discussed
above.
Another object is to obtain an ecological device for the efficient
and effective clipping of nails while maintaining sanitation and
order of the environment.
Another object is to obtain a detachable reservoir bottom to a
clipper case-clipper combination, for ease of emptying clipped
nails.
Another object is to obtain a convenient and portable reservoir
clipper for collecting and storing and periodic disposing of
clipped nails, during and after the clipping of the nails.
Another object is to obtain a enclosed clip of which the case end
is shaped to receive the finger end during clipping.
Another object is to obtain a clipper avoiding above problems and
difficulties and achieving the above-noted other objects, while
being of simple structure and manufacture and cost of raw materials
and convenient to handle relative to the clipping of finger nails
and toe nails.
Another object is to embody a nail clip lever arm shaped to
effectively clip while being nevertheless easily enclosed while
remaining operative to clip.
Other objects become apparent from the preceeding and following
disclosure.
One or more objects of the present invention are obtained by the
invention as defined herein.
Broadly the invention includes an enclosing nail clipper vessel
structure encasing a fingernail clip with an enclosed concealed
clip lever arm remaining operative and holding the clip in a sturdy
manner which avoid the shifting of the clip within the casing which
shifting could cause faulty clipping or accidents in the cutting of
a nail if the clip slipped during the pressing of the clipper
lever, and providing access openings for each of the handle
pressure-end of the lever and the clipping blades, while providing
a reservoir space into which falls the clipped nails. For making
possible a more sturdy and steady pressing downwardly of the end of
the clipper lever arm, there is a handle mounted on the distal end
of the lever of preferably a flat nature and which handle extends
upwardly through the access opening thereby making the pressing of
the lever more convenient and more accessible to major pressure
from a pressing finger. Also, preferably the clip-blade end of the
enclosing end of the casing includes a concave recess for receiving
the finger end from which the nail is being clipped. The reservoir
structure defines a space communicating with the recess receiving
the blade-end of the clip and the casing is of a sufficiently small
size and flattened shape as to make its carrying and handling easy
and convenient in the hands, pockets, and/or ladies pocket book.
The top is slidably detachable from the reservoir-containing bottom
for easy emptying of the clipped nails.
THE FIGURES
FIG. 1 is a front-top oblique perspective view of a preferred
clipper device of the present invention, in a partially opened
state.
FIG. 2 is an elevation plan front-end view of the clipper of FIG.
1, in a closed state.
FIG. 3 illustrates an cross-sectional view taken along lines 3--3
of FIG. 1, showing the encased clipper.
FIG. 4 is an elevation plan view of the bottom face of the top to
the enclosing case.
FIG. 5 illustrates a view comparable to that of FIG. 3, but is a
view of the upper face of the bottom to the enclosing case.
FIG. 6 illustrates a side cross-sectional view along lines 6--6 of
FIG. 2.
FIG. 7 is the same as FIG. 5, except with the clip seated in the
lower casing member.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Describing the illustrated preferred embodiment in greater detail,
FIGS. 1 and 2 and 3 and 6 show different views of the same
preferred embodiment. FIGS. 4, 5 and 7 disclose the appearance of
separate parts of the case and nail-clipper.
There are slidably detachable upper member 10 and lower member 9
enclosing a clipper 11 a depressable handle 2 depressable
downwardly in cut-out slot 43. The concave recesses 16 and 36 and
38 and hole 38 flushly receive the upper and lower blades 29a and
29b snugly and flushly within the space 32. The casing upper half
shell 10 and lower half shell 9 are slidably mateable suitably by
flanges 34 and 14 by 34 in space 35, such as indicated in the
cross-section of FIG. 3. Face 42 is flat and slides on the flat
face of flange 14. FIG. 4 illustrating an elevation plan view
discloses concave cutout structure 40, and the top member step 37
shaped to fit the lever arm corresponding step as seen in FIG. 6.
FIG. 5 similarly discloses bottom member concave structure 20 in
top elevation view, together with the communicating slot recess 16
and reservoir 22 which its opening 21 communicating with recess 16.
Ridge 17 backs-up the clipper end, as seen in both FIG. 5 and 6.
Flat face 12 slides against the lower surface of flange 34.
The lever 23 carries the fulcrum projection 31. It should be noted
that it is the stepped shape of the lever 23 together with the
projection 31 being spaced distantly from the post 25 which
provides the essential leverage portion 26 (which includes step 30)
enabling. The lever step 30 to fit against the top member step
37.
It is within the scope of the invention to make such variations and
modifications as would be apparent to a person of ordinary skill in
this art, including the substitution of equivalent part and/or
elements, and variations thereof.
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