Toilet – Nail device
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-10
2001-03-27
Wilson, John J. (Department: 3732)
Toilet
Nail device
C132S073500, C446S475000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06206009
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Toy playsets which facilitate and aide children in play patterns which attempt to mimic or reflect adult activities are extremely popular in the toy arts. Children appear to instinctively desire to imitate activities undertaken by adults in a phenomenon which appears to extend to even the most ordinary and mundane daily adult activities. In response to this characteristic and desire by young children, practitioners in the toy arts have through the years provided a virtually endless variety of toys and toy playsets which attempt to provide children with the ability to imitate adults. Thus, toy products have been provided which simulate a virtually endless variety of adult activities including various occupational and working activities, devices such as telephones or typewriters or the like, simulated vehicle driving apparatus, as well as various playsets which involve imitation of child care.
One type of adult activity which seems to be extremely intriguing to young girls is found in cosmetic and make-up application and use. Toy practitioner's often provide children's cosmetics and child safe make-up in various forms and playsets. In some instances, miniature or reduced sized vanity playsets which generally imitate a woman's vanity or dressing table have been provided.
The relatively resent rise in popularity of artificial fingernails among women of virtually every adult age has created a situation in which it would be expected that young girls such as pre-adolescent and adolescent may be expected to desire to mimic this adult activity. As is the case with most toys appealing to children's desire to mimic adult activity, it would be expected that the various factors characteristics and improvements provided by practitioner's in the artificial nail art for adult use would also be important to children.
The artificial nail art has exhibited a substantial variety of nail devices and apparatus for applying artificial nails. A virtually endless variety of styles, colors and other appearance factors have been provided. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,928,457 issued to Engler sets forth a PROCESS FOR MAKING DECORATED NAILS in which crumbled pieces of metallic foil or pieces of tissue paper are mixed with a substantially clear polish and applied to a nail to present a texture or effect similar to stained glass.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,890,495 issued to Cain sets forth a STENCILED DISPOSABLE GLOVE AND METHOD FOR POLISHING AND FILING NAILS having a plurality of cut-out stencil apertures in various shapes formed in the end portions of each glove digit. An inner adhesive dot is provided proximate each cut-out shape for stabilizing the glove tips over the nails. Nail polish is then applied to the tips of the stenciled glove to form designs on the nails underneath.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,860,429 issued to Chang sets forth a DOUBLE TOP ORNAMENTAL FINGERNAIL ACCESSORY having an elongated overlay having a top surface and a bottom surface and first and second ends. A base portion is fixed to an substantially coextensive with at least a portion of the overlay. In the preferred embodiments, the overlay is transparent or translucent while the base is translucent or opaque.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,806,537 issued to Wittwer sets forth an ARTIFICIAL SUPPORT NAIL AND METHOD FOR APPLYING ARTIFICIAL SUPPORT NAIL which is applied to the entire undersurface of a natural fingernail to encourage growth of the natural nail without breaking.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,699,813 issued to Carrol sets forth an ARTIFICIAL FINGERNAIL WITH INLAY having a colored fingernail with a lighter colored cuticle and tip end portions and a darker color central portion.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,638,835 issued to Franz et al. sets forth a POROUS ARTIFICIAL NAIL for attachment to a natural fingernail. The artificial nail includes a flexible polymeric body contacting the natural fingernail upper surface. The artificial fingernail further includes a plurality of pores dispersed throughout the body which are adapted to quickly wick liquid adhesive throughout the body.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,239,840 issued to Sutterlin sets forth a DECORATIVE INSERT FOR ARTIFICIAL FINGERNAILS in which an artificial fingernail defines an aperture through which a raised decorative insert is inserted and secured to the nail undersurface.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,974,610 issued to Orsini sets forth a PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRINTING OF ARTIFICIAL FINGERNAILS in which an image is photographically imprinted on a semi-rigid layer of photographic film. The photographic film is laminated over the nail which in turn is covered by a transparent plastic film.
U.S. Pat. No. Des.303,161 issued to Tomkins sets forth an ARTIFICIAL FINGERNAIL WITH CLOCK/CALENDAR DISPLAY having a clock and nail display supported on the undersurface of the nail which is viewable through an aperture formed in the nail.
U.S. Pat. No. Des.346,464 issued to Romano sets forth an ARTIFICIAL FINGERNAIL having an intricate visual image thereon.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,013,290 issued to Rohrbach sets forth a DEVICE FOR FINGERNAILS having a crescent shaped member securable to the end portion of a natural nail.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,107,947 issued to Saito sets forth a FINGERTIP ORNAMENT which may be readily attached to and removed from a fingertip and which includes a plurality of C-shaped bridge members each open at the bottom commonly joined at their bottom edges to form an attachment which may be fitted upon a fingertip and fingernail.
While the foregoing described prior art devices have improved the art surrounding artificial nails to some extent, there remains a continuing need in the art for children's toy playsets which are constructed to appeal to young children and which are interesting, amusing and unusual in their use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is a general object of the present invention to provide an improved artificial fingernail and apparatus for use by young children. It is a more particular object of the present invention to provide an improved artificial fingernail and apparatus for use by young children which enhances the play value of forming and fabricating the artificial nails. It is a still more particular object of the present invention to provide an improved apparatus and artificial fingernail for use by children which is configured to aide relatively young children in manipulating the artificial fingernails.
In accordance with the present invention there is provided an artificial fingernail decorating and fabricating playset comprising: a plurality of arcuate nail sprues each having a plurality of curve nails joined thereto by a supporting branch; a plurality of arcuate nail cap sprues each having a plurality of nail caps joined thereto by a supporting branch; a base; a sprue support constructed to receive and support selected ones of the nail sprues and the nail cap sprues, the sprue support being supported upon the base and being movable between a first position and a second position and being rotatable at each of the first and second positions; a nail pressing station supported by the base and positioned to receive a selected nail and selected nail cap, the nail pressing station having means for pressing the selected nail cap into the selected nail; and a sprue cutting station supported by the base and positioned to receive a selected nail and selected nail cap, the sprue cutting station having means for cutting the supporting branches of the selected nail and nail cap.
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Doam Robyn Kieu
Ekstrand Roy A.
Mattel Inc.
Wilson John J.
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