Abstract A finger nail retainer and tweezer for use with a conventional nail clipper. The retainer and tweezer is used with a conventional nail clipper having a pair of elongated cutting blades fastened together at a rear end and having cutting blades at a forward end. The retainer and tweezer is made of spring steel and is of a generally V-shaped construction fitting over the pair of cutting blades and covering the space therebetween to retain nail clippings. The retainer and tweezer when removed from the nail clipper can be squeezed together and serve a particularly advantageous function as a tweezer. The retainer is simply adapted to be fitted over the nail clipper by inturned bottom flanges on the arms and inturned guide elements spaced above the flange elements to bit over the opposed sides of the bottom cutter blade while permitting the movement of the uppermost cutter blade. The flange form a narrow throat at the rear and an enlarged opening receiving a key ring. The throat restricts passage of the key ring but can be widened by spreading apart the retainer arms to pass the key ring to disengage the retainer therefrom.
Inventors
👤 John S. Schantz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-02 23:47
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45D; A45D29/00; A45D29/02; A45D29/023
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
A nail clipping retainer and tweezer for use with a nail clipper having a pair of elongated cutting blades fastened together at a rear end and spaced apart at a forward end by spring action and having a retractable operating lever moveable form a flat rest position on the top of an uppermost one of the blades to a raised operating position where it can force said blade from an open position to a closed cutting position against a bottommost one of the blades, said retainer being of generally V-shaped construction formed by two arms connected to one another in spring-like relation at a bight portion and having diverging free front ends moveable against each other, said retainer being adapted to fit in close biasing relation with the arms engaging the outer edges of the pair of cutting blades and covering the space therebetween said retainer arms having inturned bottom flanges and inturned guide elements spaced above the flanges to receive the opposed sides of the bottommost cutter blade therebetween, said retainer when removed from the cutter being manually operable to cause the front ends of said arms to be forced together for use as a tweezer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
A nail clipping retainer and tweezer for use with a nail clipper having a pair of elongated cutting blades fastened together at a rear end and spaced apart at a forward end by spring action and having a retractable operating lever moveable form a flat rest position on the top of an uppermost one of the blades to a raised operating position where it can force said blade from an open position to a closed cutting position against a bottommost one of the blades, said retainer being of generally V-shaped construction formed by two arms connected to one another in spring-like relation at a bight portion and having diverging free front ends moveable against each other, said retainer being adapted to fit in close biasing relation with the arms engaging the outer edges of the pair of cutting blades and covering the space therebetween said retainer arms having inturned bottom flanges and inturned guide elements spaced above the flanges to receive the opposed sides of the bottommost cutter blade therebetween, said retainer when removed from the cutter being manually operable to cause the front ends of said arms to be forced together for use as a tweezer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The retainer of claim 1, in which the free ends of the retainer arms are tapered and turned inwardly to close the space between the front of the cutting blades and provide a pointed nose tweezer when the retainer is removed from the nail clipper.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
The retainer of claim 1, in which the upper part of the free ends of the retainer arm have a raised portion receiving the finger nail of the user for ease in grasping the arm and spreading apart for disengagement from the forward position of the clipper to empty nail clippings.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
78 words
The retainer of claim 1, in which the inturned flanges are closely spaced from one another near the bight portion to provide a narrow throat between a diverging forward portion of the retainer and an enlarged opening at a rear portion of the retainer, said opening receiving a key ring for support of the retainer thereon, said retainer arms being spread apart to enlarge the throat from a key ring blocking position to a key ring passing position.