Patent ID: 8408217

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a unitary body having a first end and an opposing second end along a first axis of a horizontal plane, each end comprising a plurality of nail cleaning elements comprising an impregnable material configurable to receive a liquid, wherein at least a portion of the nail cleaning elements on each end being in substantial parallel arrangement with each other and each nail cleaning element further positioned to allow the cleaning underneath a different nail up to and including a location where the nail meets skin without cross contaminating any other nail cleaning element in the same nail cleaning region; a first side and a second side of the body in substantial parallel arrangement each extending from the first end to the second end, wherein at least one of the sides comprises at least one substantially rigid protrusion that is formed integrally with the unitary body having width and a cross-sectional thickness configured to remove visible debris from the nail that terminates at a terminus where the width is greater than the cross-sectional thickness; a flexible midline that is less rigid than the unitary body configured to permit the first end to fold onto the second end.