Patent ID: 6325069
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A new and improved pedicure system for trimming one's own toenails in a safe and convenient manner, comprising, in combination:a cylindrical post having a distal end and a proximal end, the post being formed with a handle at the proximal end for being grasped by a user, the distal end being formed with a file having a cylindrical major extent with a hemispherical end remote from the handle, the file being formed with an abrasive surface essentially over its entire extent for contacting and filing away unwanted areas including toenails, corns, and callouses of a user when placed adjacent the appropriate unwanted area of a user and with the handle grasped and reciprocated by a user to reciprocate the abrasive surface against such unwanted area;a foot support with a plate in a generally rectangular configuration having a lower end positioned upon a recipient surface, such as a floor, and an upper end having a forwardly extending rectangular region and having parallel side edges there between, the side edges being formed with upstanding ledges to confine the foot against lateral motion during operation and use, the upper end being formed with a downwardly projecting plate to retain the plate at an angle of about 15 degrees with respect to the horizontal and with the rectangular region being formed with a slot transverse to the side edges; anda toe support functioning as a positioner formed as a generally U-shaped channel with a lower horizontal portion and upwardly extending parallel side portions parallel with the ledges of the plate, with a bolt extending through the horizontal portion and the slot and cooperable with a nut for tightening purposes and to allow the toe support to be shifted from side to side for thereby receiving any one of the user's toes to retain the received toe in proper position spaced from adjacent toes when the user reciprocates the handle to move the abrasive surface into contact with the unwanted area of the toe located within the U-shaped member.