Patent
Artificial nail and method of forming same
| العنوان: | Artificial nail and method of forming same |
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| Patent Number: | 8,136,535 |
| تاريخ النشر: | March 20, 2012 |
| Appl. No: | 12/157745 |
| Application Filed: | June 12, 2008 |
| مستخلص: | An artificial nail is formed by injection molding a first section and a second section. The first section and second section are adjacent to one another. One of the sections defines a front distal tip of the artificial nail and is formed by injecting a quantity of heated material under pressure from a nozzle into a sprue, through a runner and through a cavity gate into a mold cavity. The other section is formed by injecting another quantity of heated material under pressure from a heated nozzle through another cavity gate into the mold cavity. |
| Inventors: | Han, Kyu Sang (Port Washington, NY, US) |
| Assignees: | Kiss Nail Products, Inc. (Port Washington, NY, US) |
| Claim: | 1. A method for providing an artificial nail arrangement, comprising the steps of: providing a first section defining a most distal portion of both a top surface of the artificial nail arrangement and a bottom surface of the artificial nail arrangement opposite an end of the artificial nail arrangement configured for application near a cuticle of a natural nail; providing a second section disposed adjacent to the first section, and defining remaining portions of the top surface of the artificial nail arrangement and the bottom surface of the artificial nail arrangement; and forming the artificial nail arrangement by adjoining the first section and the second section at a stepped interface that extends from the top surface of the artificial nail arrangement to the bottom surface of the artificial nail arrangement, wherein the stepped interface comprises a plurality of steps. |
| Claim: | 2. A method for providing an artificial nail arrangement, comprising the steps of: providing a first section having at least one first surface for contacting a tip portion of a natural nail that is opposite to a cuticle thereof, and at least one second surface opposite to the at least one first surface; providing a second section begin adjacent to the first section, and having at least one stepped portion having at least one third surface which contacts the at least one second surface of the first section, forming a combined arrangement of the first and second section in which the second and third surfaces adjoin at a stepped interface that extends from a top surface of the artificial nail arrangement to a bottom surface of the artificial nail arrangement so that the first and second sections overlap one another at the stepped interface, wherein the stepped interface comprises a plurality of steps. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 132/200 |
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| Other References: | Rapid Injection Molding Journal, Winter 2005, © 2005, The Protomold Company, Inc., 1757 Halgren Road, Maple Plain, MN 55359. cited by other Partial European Search Report for EP 07 10 6923 (Oct. 17, 2007) (enclosed). cited by other Extended European Search for EP 07 10 6923 (Nov. 28, 2007). cited by other |
| Primary Examiner: | Doan, Robyn |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | The Farrell Law Firm, P.C. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.08136535 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |