Patent ID: 8034012

Claim:
A nail brace applicator for application of a strip-shaped and leaf-spring-like nail brace ( 2 ) onto a nail ( 3 ) of a toe or finger, comprising a) an elongated main body ( 4 ) extending in a longitudinal direction ( 6 ), having a first end face extending approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal direction ( 6 ) and having a first application zone ( 7 ) with a first application surface ( 9 ) formed by the first end face, and b) a mounting element ( 5 ) for releasably mounting the nail brace ( 2 ) to be applied on the first application surface ( 9 ), wherein the first application zone ( 7 ) of the main body ( 4 ) has, in a corner region in which the first end face and a first side wall of the main body ( 4 ) meet, a mounting projection ( 11 ) and the mounting element is designed as a flexible sleeve ( 5 ) that can be slipped onto the mounting projection ( 11 ) in such a way that, in its slipped-on state, it also encloses one of the longitudinal ends of the nail brace ( 2 ) that is placed on the application surface ( 9 ) and to be applied.