Nail clipper having restraining means for preventing flight of fingernails

Claim 1

IN A NAIL CLIPPER, A PAIR OF JAWS HAVING CUTTING EDGES DISPOSED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED ARRANGEMENT AND NORMALLY BIASED AWAY FROM A CUTTING RELATIONSHIP, MEANS FOR FORCING SAID JAWS TOGETHER SO AS TO CAUSE SAID CUTTING EDGES TO CUT A NAIL PLACED THEREBETWEEN FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID EDGES, RESTRAINING MEANS FORMED OF A RESILIENT, EASILY DEFORMABLE MATERIAL, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID RE SILIENT, EASILY DEFORMABLE MATERIAL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID EDGES, ADJACENT AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CUTTING EDGES, SO THAT SAID MATERIAL WILL CONTACT A NAIL PLACED BETWEEN SAID CUTTING EDGES FROM SAID ONE SIDE, SAID RESILIENT MATERIAL NORMALLY CONTACTING SAID OTHER SIDE OF BOTH OF SAID CUTTING EDGES IN THE NORMALLY BIASED AWAY CUTTING RELATIONSHIP, THUS SPANNING THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID CUTTING EDGES, SAID RESILIENT MATERIAL ALSO FUNCTIONING TO DAMPEN AND ATTENUATE A NAIL CUT BY SAID CUTTING EDGES, THUS TO PREVENT THE UNDESIRABLE FLIGHT OF THE CUT NAIL.