Patent ID: 7003882
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A nail clipper comprising: a fixed blade member in a shape of a curved plate including a curved face which is formed in a concave shape for enabling a finger tip to be contacted therewith, a nail insertion groove in an arc shape which is formed in said curved face, and a cutting edge which is provided at a backward lower edge of said nail insertion groove, a movable blade member including a curved face which is formed so that said movable blade member can slide up and down along a back face of said fixed blade member, and a cutting edge provided at a lower edge of said curved face and having a curved shape in correspondence with said cutting edge of the fixed blade member, wherein said movable blade member is slid downward thereby to cut a part of a nail which is protruded from said nail insertion groove, in cooperation with said fixed blade member, wherein said fixed blade member is mounted on a nail clipper body which is provided with a first operating arm, and said movable blade member is mounted on said nail clipper body so as to slidably move up and down, said nail clipper further including a second operating arm which is pivotally fixed to said nail clipper body at its forward end and arranged in a manner opposed to said first operating arm for making the movable blade member slide downward, and spring means for usually urging said movable blade member in a direction of moving upward, further including a leaf spring that has opposed ends and acts at one end on one of the operating arms and wherein said movable blade member includes an engaging groove that is engaged by the other end of the leaf spring.