US3298381A
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Manicure implement
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-08-14
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Granted: 1967-01-17
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Expires: 1982-08-14
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald R Adams
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 08:13
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45D; A45D29/00; A45D29/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A MANICURE IMPLEMENT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A LONGITUDINAL BASE MEMBER OF SMOOTH MATERIAL HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION HAVING A CONCAVE TOP SIDE AND A CONVEX UNDERSIDE, A FIRST END PORTION AND A SECOND END PORTION, THE CROSS-SECTIONS OF ALL THREE SAID PORTIONS BEING ESSENTIALLY CRESCENT SHAPED, SAID CROSS-SECTION DECREASING IN SIZE BUT HAVING ESSENTIALLY SIMILAR SHAPE FROM SAID SECOND END PORTION TO SAID FIRST END PORTION, SAID CENTRAL PORTION BEING OVERLAID WITH A LAYER OF GRANULAR ABRASIVE PARTICLES ON THE CONCAVE TOP SIDE OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION EXTENDING TO THE LATERAL BOUNDARIES OF SAID CONCAVE TOP SIDE SO AS TO TERMINATE ALONG AN ACUTE DIHEDRAL ANGLE FORMED BY THE JUNCTION OF SAID TOP SIDE WITH SAID UNDERSIDE, THE EXTREMITY OF SAID END PORTIONS BEING ROUNDED WHEN VIEWED IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE AND ALSO BEING ROUNDED WHEN VIEWED FROM THE SIDE, SO AS TO PRESENT AN ESSENTIALLY ACUTE EDGE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF EACH OF SAID END PORTIONS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
A MANICURE IMPLEMENT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A LONGITUDINAL BASE MEMBER OF SMOOTH MATERIAL HAVING A CENTRAL PORTION HAVING A CONCAVE TOP SIDE AND A CONVEX UNDERSIDE, A FIRST END PORTION AND A SECOND END PORTION, THE CROSS-SECTIONS OF ALL THREE SAID PORTIONS BEING ESSENTIALLY CRESCENT SHAPED, SAID CROSS-SECTION DECREASING IN SIZE BUT HAVING ESSENTIALLY SIMILAR SHAPE FROM SAID SECOND END PORTION TO SAID FIRST END PORTION, SAID CENTRAL PORTION BEING OVERLAID WITH A LAYER OF GRANULAR ABRASIVE PARTICLES ON THE CONCAVE TOP SIDE OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION EXTENDING TO THE LATERAL BOUNDARIES OF SAID CONCAVE TOP SIDE SO AS TO TERMINATE ALONG AN ACUTE DIHEDRAL ANGLE FORMED BY THE JUNCTION OF SAID TOP SIDE WITH SAID UNDERSIDE, THE EXTREMITY OF SAID END PORTIONS BEING ROUNDED WHEN VIEWED IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE AND ALSO BEING ROUNDED WHEN VIEWED FROM THE SIDE, SO AS TO PRESENT AN ESSENTIALLY ACUTE EDGE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF EACH OF SAID END PORTIONS.
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