Patent ID: 9210983
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A method of applying a decorative acrylic layer to a fingernail comprising: (a) obtaining a volume of unhardened acrylic, (b) applying the unhardened acrylic to a distal portion of the fingernail, (c) after the acrylic has become semi-hardened, scoring the semi-hardened acrylic and scraping off excess acrylic using a rigid blade that defines a profile that allows the rigid blade to operationally fit over the fingernail at an angle of incidence therewith, the rigid blade being a remote end of one of a plurality of elongated, spaced arms radiating out from a central body, each arm including a rigid blade end remote from the body, the rigid blade ends defining respective profiles that allow said rigid blade ends to operationally fit over respective fingernail sizes at an acute angle of incidence therewith.