Patent ID: 6634367
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A fingertip enclosure apparatus for fitting over and sealingly enclosing a user finger tip and its fingernail for use with a solvent solution to remove nail polish from the fingernail, the apparatus comprising:an enclosure shell having a tubular shell side wall with a side wall proximal end and a side wall distal end defining a finger receiving interior space adapted to retain the solvent solution about the finger tip and fingernail, said side wall proximal end including a sealing structure protruding radially inward for making circumferential sealing contact with side surfaces of the finger tip, said side wall distal end being sealingly joined to and closed by a distal end wall, said enclosure shell which includes a bulge protruding radially outward as part of said side wall to define a fingernail chamber in said interior space positionable directly adjacent the fingernail which is adapted to retain additional solvent solution on the fingernail when the finger tip is in said interior space to facilitate removal of the nail polish.