Alyce Sutton Miller

US Patent:

20090223055, Sep 10, 2009

Filed:

Mar 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/075099

Inventors:

Jared Wendorf - Elk Grove Village IL, US
Amanda Snyder - Berwyn PA, US
Alyce Miller - Lake Charles LA, US
Bejamin Mattson - Eden Prairie MN, US

International Classification:

A45D 29/00
A45D 29/02

US Classification:

30 28, 30124, 132200, 132 755

Abstract:

A nail clipping apparatus for cutting a fingernail, thumbnail, or toenail nail of a user, comprising a base having an upstanding support member and a nail clipper disposed on the support member, wherein the nail clipper has a rotatable cutter head actuated to cut the user's nail by pivoting movement of a lower clipper arm upwardly toward and an upper clipper arm on which the cutter head resides, wherein the upper clipper arm is connected to the support member and wherein the lower clipper arm is connected to an actuating member that extends in front of the cutter head were a nail positioning pad is disposed on the actuating member adjacent the cutter head and where a user pushes downwardly on the actuating member to move the lower clipper arm upwardly toward the upper clipper arm to actuate the cutter head to cut a nail positioned in the cutter head.