Patent ID: 7997283
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A kit of preformed artificial nails, the kit comprising a plurality of preformed artificial nail assemblies for placement on a natural nail by a user, said artificial nail assembly comprising an artificial nail sized to correspond to at least a portion of said natural nail, the artificial nail including a proximal end adapted to be placed along the natural nail, and a free edge portion defining a distal end, said distal end defining an artificial nail distal edge, the artificial nail having an upper surface and a lower surface, an application tab extending from the distal end of the artificial nail, the application tab having a neck portion and a body portion, said neck portion being disposed between the body portion and the distal end of the artificial nail, the body portion including a transverse width and a thickness, the width being generally greater than the thickness such that the body portion may be readily grasped by the user to facilitate placement of the artificial nail on the natural nail, at least a portion of the width of the body portion of the tab being disposed at other than at a 90° angle to a plane extending through a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the artificial nail through said neck portion, the plane extending generally perpendicularly from at least one of the upper and lower surfaces of the nail, and a package, the artificial nails being disposed within the package.