Patent ID: 7654268
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A nail form for use in creating and attaching an artificial fingernail to a natural fingernail comprising: a unitary sheet material longitudinal member defining a longitudinal axis and having a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, the member having front and rear sections integral with said member defined by an opening therebetween, the rear section concave inner surface for receiving a finger, the front section outer surface for forming the artificial nail; and the rear section having a means integral therewith for releasably attaching the member to the received finger such that the natural nail of the received finger is exposed through the opening with a tip nail portion overlying a portion of the front section convex outer surface, wherein said means comprising a pair of bendable ears extending transverse to a longitudinal axis of the member in opposite directions from the rear section; the front section convex surface defining two orthogonal curvatures, the first having an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the member and the second normal thereto, simulating the orthogonal curvatures of a natural nail wherein the front section includes a pair of tabs extending radially outwardly therefrom in opposing directions transverse the longitudinal axis.