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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7263775 | Illuminating nail clipper An illuminating nail clipper for clipping the nails of an animal such as a dog, cat, bird, or the like which allows for the clipping of an individual nail at the desired length to prevent injury or improper length cutting for the animal. The device includes a hand-a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7234238 | Nail clipper A nail clipper includes a body, an upper cutting part, a lower cutting part and a pressing piece. The body is a box shape which is open at the top and at the bottom near the front end, and has the lower cutting part at its front end and a sliding locking piece at it... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222427 | Nail clipper An apparatus for cutting toenails and fingernails includes a sleeve that extends over a pair of blades that are each attached to a first end of a first and second member, respectively. The first and second members are attached at an opposite second end thereof and p... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210230 | Cuticle cutter A cuticle cutter of the like is described which is of the scissors type. Instruments of this type, especially in beauty salons, require constant cleaning, sharpening and sterilisation. The cutter of the invention facilitates such procedures by permitting the handles... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194807 | Sanitary nail clippers Nail clippers having both shielded cutting blades to prevent intentional or accidental injury and an integral means for collecting clipped nails. The nail clippers include two hollow cylindrical housings each having both a closed and open end. The edges of the open ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7159318 | Nail cutter An apparatus for cutting an individual's fingernails. The apparatus has a plurality of holes into which a finger nail can be inserted to be clipped. The apparatus also has an internal reservoir for storage of finger nail clippings and also has placements of animal h... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159595 | Pad for nail care devices A padded receiving device for nail care devices comprising a pad, a pad holder with a pad, or a padded base engaging case, individually or in any combination with each other. The pad holder for supporting the pad has a front slit and an optional rear slit. The pad h... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7137356 | Pet-safe nail and claw clippers A claw cutter incorporates a sensor device and scan system technology into a hand-held trimming device that locates the location for a proper cut, avoiding cutting the quick and avoiding pain to the animal. The scan system technology may include a light sensor, an i... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131448 | Nail clippers with finger illuminator A nail clipping assembly holds a pair of conventional nail clippers in a holder. The holder can also support a light source which is positioned close enough to a subject's finger tip to illuminate the interior of the finger tip. This exposes the intersection between... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124669 | Methods employing optical source and optical sensor for detecting living tissue within an animal nail An optical source illuminates a portion of an animal nail, and an optical sensor receives light from the illuminated portion. A processor generates a signal level, and differentiates between a “quick” signal level range (arising from illuminated living tissue in... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7062855 | Nail cutter with double lever A nail cutter has movable two corresponding and opposing levers and a “U” shaped cutting element that is made from a single block piece and having open fore ends that terminate in opposing cutting edges. The cutting element has a through hole in each of its arms... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7024774 | Nail clippers The disclosure provides nail clippers having a pair of jaws shaped to provide oppositely disposed arcuate cutting edges and biased to an open position with a shield extending around and projecting forwardly of the corners of the cutting edges. The shield also can ex... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7020964 | Nail clipper and nail cutter, lever and supporting shaft for the same A nail clipper of the invention comprises a nail clipper body having a rigidity and a suitable length to grip, and a lever mounted on an upper side of the body and a nail cutter mounted on a lower side of the body through a supporting shaft passing through a support... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017273 | Candlewick trimming device A device for trimming a candlewick trims the wick at a predetermined height above a candle. The device includes first and second elongated gripping arms that are pivotably coupled to each other at a first end. An opening is formed at the first end between the first ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007387 | Nail clipper for pets with curved blade pieces A nail clipper for pets has a scissors structure provided with cutting surfaces formed by curved blade pieces. The curved blade pieces are created by dividing a spherical or elliptical body into quarter pieces having a hollow interior and formed with curved cutting ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000321 | Optical source and sensor for detecting living tissue within an animal nail An optical source illuminates a portion of an animal nail, and an optical sensor receives light from the illuminated portion. A processor generates a signal level, and differentiates between a “quick” signal level range (arising from illuminated living tissue in... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6976310 | Nail clipper insert Provided is a nail clipper comprising upper and lower clipper arms, a lever arm, a retaining pin and an insert. The upper and lower clipper arms are joined at one end thereof and having cutting edges disposed on an opposite end. The retaining pin extends upwardly th... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6951040 | Multiple function tool A multiple-function tool has two plates that are substantially parallel and symmetric to each other. Each plate has a first and second longitudinal extremity as well as being connected at an articulation forming a sharp angle. Second longitudinal extremities have co... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941657 | Nail clippers A nail clipper has an operation grip part pressurizing a cutting edge that can be freely rotated with respect to the body and moved along the surface of the body, thereby allowing a user to clip his or her nails with ease. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941658 | Nail clipper A nail clipper, of which a fixed body is operated with a lever, is folded by a board spring, and unfolding angle between the fixing body and the lever is maintained in certain angle, so that the fingernail can be cut safely, at the same time, when the present invent... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6904683 | Nail clippers The nail clipper contains a pair of blade bodies each having a cutting edge, a lever to be operated for bringing the cutting edges of the blade bodies into press contact with each other and a supporting shaft for linking the lever to the blade bodies; the cutting ed... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6751866 | Cuticle cutting instrument A cuticle cutting instrument has tubes rotatably disposed in each other and forming two working endings, cutting elements provided on the endings, handles fixed on the tubes, a return spring installed between the handles, and a tubing connection for communicating wi... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6752053 | Method of cutting a tie wrap A method and apparatus for cutting an end of a tie wrap after a locking mechanism of the tie wrap has been engaged includes inserting the end of the tie wrap in proximity with a curved blade of a cutting tool. Pressure is applied to the cutting tool to force the cur... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6735869 | Nail clipper This present invention relates to a nail clipper. The nail clipper comprises a box-shaped body which has an upper cutting edge, a lower cutting part with a lower cutting edge, a spring piece, a pressing piece, a small movable piece and a cover. This invention is sma... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6557259 | Uniform artificial nail clipper A nail clipper of this invention has a somewhat V-shaped handle portion formed of a first upper handle and a second lower handle each of which is pivotally mounted with respect to the other, and movable toward the other. A nail holder, having an arcuate s... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6523545 | Device for retaining nail clippings in a nail clipper A device for retaining nail clippings within a nail clipper includes a housing adapted to cover the openings between the clippers elongate members, on both sides, from the first ends to the second ends thereof, thereby forming an enclosed region within th... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6220251 | Combination vision enhancement kit and nail clipper A visual enhancement kit for use in combination with a nail clipper featuring a lens that may be dismounted and interchanged with any of a plurality of lenses of varying refractive qualities. The resulting field of view of the cutting edge of the clipper ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6173497 | Nail clippers An improved nail clipper having a central symmetrical resilient pincer member with cutting edges at its opened end, a transverse pin with hooked ends that pass through opposed and aligned bores on the jaws of the pincer member near its open end, and later... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6088919 | Nail clipper retainer A nail clipper retainer for use with a convention nail clipper having jaws fixed together at a first end and having chain hole surfaces therein and chain connected thereto, a rivet slidably connected to rivet open surfaces formed in a second end of the na... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5983498 | Nail clipper with receptacle The present invention provides a device for clipping nails and retaining the clippings. The nail clipper includes a lower arm member defining an opening and a cutting edge at an end thereof. The nail clipper further has an upper arm member springingly att... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5926956 | Combination finger and toe nail clippers A combined toe and finger nail clipper having a common metal strip with a toe nail cutting edge at one end and a finger nail cutting edge at the opposite end. Mating nail cutting edges are at the ends of two additional metal strips which are each welded a... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5918375 | Nail clipper with measuring gauge A nail clipper includes a gauge which determines the length of the nail being cut. The gauge is held by friction against one of the jaws of the clipper, and can slide back and forth to a desired position. The gauge includes a flange against which the fing... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5832610 | Nail clipper and receptacle assembly A nail clipper including substantially coextensive first and second cutting elements having a receptacle assembly including a receptacle secured laterally along one side of the nail clipper proximate cutting edges of the nail clipper permitting the first ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5806186 | Combination finger and toe nail clippers A combined toe and finger nail clipper having a common metal strip with a toe nail cutting edge at one end and a finger nail cutting edge at the opposite end. Mating nail cutting edges are at the ends of two additional metal strips which are each welded a... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5791049 | Nail cutter A nail cutter including a cutting plate defining a non-sharpened cutting surface, a cutting blade and a driver for bringing the cutting blade and the cutting surface into cutting engagement with a nail disposed between the cutting blade and the cutting su... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5775340 | Long handle toenail clippers A new Long Handle Toenail Clipper for allowing a person to cut their toenail without needed to bend over. The inventive device includes a conventional nail clipper having a cutting portion and an actuating lever. A triangular base is positioned below and ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5722435 | Nail clipper for clipping and directing the discharge of clipped nails An improved nail clipper which controls and directs the discharge of clipped nails. The key improvements consist of convexly shaped sides (42, 44) attached to the upper member (12) and concave relief cuts (50, 51) in the edges of the lower elongated membe... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5666728 | Cuticle trimmer A cuticle trimmer having a first cutter assembly, wherein pivotally mounted within the first and second cutter plates of the first cutter assembly is a second cutter assembly. The first cutter assembly terminates in concave blade edges for cooperation rel... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5653024 | Clean catch nail system A nail clipper with disposable receptacle including a conventional nail clippers having a lower jaw portion with a pair of grooves and an opening formed in an end thereof defining a lower channel. Further included is a disposable receptacle having a top o... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5632288 | Nail clippings catcher A catcher for nail clippings shaped to slip onto a standard nail clipper. The catcher is made of a resilient material having laterally projecting cells for receiving the clippings. The catcher is designed to allow convenient collection and disposal of the... | 05/27/1997 |
