US2579450A

US2579450A - Finger support for nail polish application

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Publication number: US2579450A
Application number: US787806A
Authority: US
Inventors: Libson Philip
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1947-11-24
Filing date: 1947-11-24
Publication date: 1951-12-18
Anticipated expiration: 1968-12-18

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Dec. 18; 1951 p, UBSQN 2,579,450

FINGER SUPPORT FOR NAIL POLISH APPLICATION Filed Nov. 24, 1947 an mm 12 F 14- PHILIPLIDSON I INVENTOR ATTORNEY- l alzentecl'Dec. 18, 1951 UNI-TQEDP- PATENT creme;

i 2,579,450: I i

FINGER-SUPPORT FORNAIITPOLISH APBLICATIGN i finger nails, it has been the practicesto- .p1 ace arzsmall- :bottle 'or ;-v ial=- of polishing liquid -..on= a bureau": orr dressingtableaand to extend i the fingers of one "hand intheair while applying :the' liquid to the finger nails .ofi this hand by @means 4 clai (CI. 13294-35);

of a soft brush held in the other-hand;

the interval between; immersion oi, the-ebrush in.- thespolishing liquid and the application ot said liquid to the finger: nails-,-. it often happens that the; liquid. will Adi-op; fromex-the brush and. stain or I otherwise damage-stile -wearing-.;appar.el

of the user randlikewismspett eradisfigurertumi-g ture and-thezliker, lnssome-icasesethe polishing.- liquid will tend-toevapgrateor partially solidify Onithehrush, thus necessitating;-repeated immer sion of :the Ebrushin theipolishing fluid inorder; that the liquid willizhave 'tl'ieedes-ired fluidity topermit proper- -spreading '.or coating :thereof;..on thefinger/nails; Moreover it iSndiffiCUlt'--t0 apply the -polish accurately; and: exactly within the desired limitsitoithe fingernails :of: ltheiune supported hand; which-"getter; ,aeshortritimerbe comesartired andpconsequently, unable to maintain the fingers motionless in the same position. Furthermore, -.wheii :the hottlesis supported on a dressing ,table and. thedbrush .is ...immers,ed.; into and withdrawn from the bottle,;it frequently happens that the brush will overbalance or upset the bottle and spill'the'pontents thereof over the highly-polished surface oftthe dressing: table; therebymot only. damaging. thez-latter :bi1t :also causing a total lossofthepolishing liquids? One object of. the .invention;,is'; to providega support 'orrwhich. each individualifingertmay b'e placed to "be firmly. supportedizahd accurately Iooated'in'fthe immediatevicinitynf the mouth-pr the nail polish. bottle. in order td facilitate the transfer :of lpolish vby .means ?Ofthe usual brush from the polish bottletosthe finger nail andi-to eliminate the danger.oi'pplistrdropping from or solidifying on the brush during said transfer.

, Another object of the inventionis to steadyg-thenail 'DDliShibOttlB' omitssupporting: surfacaiisuch as "a table or-dressertop: wane the brush" is immersed into and withdrawn from the polish bottle.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and aesthetically attractive finger support for the application, of nail polish.

These and other more clearly as the specification proceeds are objects which will appear accomplished acccrding IG-"the; ilivellllitjtll by 131113 arrangement and =-ccmbinat1ca ofelements; set

forthiii-the following detai1ed.-description, de! fined in the "-appenJdedclaims and illustratively exemplifiedin: th'e accom-panying drawings 1 in which Figii is a perspecti-ve-lviewxof afing'ersu-pport according to the present invention applied to:- a nail polish bottle of substantially-- triangular cross-section,

Fig 2 41s a top: plan: viewerti-rearrangement accordingto Fig. 1.

' Fig; I 3 is a sheet meta tanammtmca the,

finger support showri in Figs. 1 and 2 *is obtained by bending'and Figs. 4, 5am! 6 -are',--r espeetiv ely, perspective views of three modi fications of the finger-- support according to the invention;

Referring now-to the" drawings and'first to Figs.-

1 and-'2, l I denotes a nail polis'h'bottle of substan tially triangular -crosssectio'nclosed by-a cap 1 2 which is omitted in Fig; 2 to" show the "bottle moutl i'fl.

Applied to the bottle *1 i is a'fingersupport and bottle holder formed from aesheetmetal blank as illustrated in -Fig.--*3.= The blank comprises an elongated l rectangular strip portion [3a of a length and width=to-;form,-; upon'beingbent at right-angles'on a transverse line 4 -(shown as a broken line) ashore distance from'one of its ends;-

aplatformi 5 to' support an individual finger tip andavertical support wall" It integral with-said platform 15 onisaidbending line 14 and havinga height cor-responding approxim ately to that -of the bqttle ll; "The-platform l5;maybe grooved as, shown in Figs-:1 and'2 :to permit the exact location-of afinger tip-restingon the platform;

A narrow strip,! 1 projects at right angles'from one sideedge of the elongated strip portion 13a at approximately 'equal distances from the ends support oi the wall 16; ,The stripfl has, alength sufii'cienh to form apomplete loop about therbody 11 [crime naii'ippiisn bottie.=. Tirefreeendjlla of. the, strips l1: may be securedgfor instance. by

soldering, to-th'e opposite sideedge iofthe. .elon

oi the bottle mouth 13 and substantially in the same horizontal plane as the latter.

A finger placed on the platform I is securely positioned so close to the bottlemouth that the,

steadied and held in place by the loop l1 and lugs l8 integral with the vertical wall portion l'li and the platform I5 on which-latterg the finger rests, thus holding the entire assembly securely.

in position.

A simplified embodiment of the eveeaeeae shown in Fig. 4 in which the -platform 25 is-integral with a short vertical wall portion 26 extending downwardly from one of its edges-and carrying a spring clip .21! which projects from the wall portion 26"'inthe direction awayfrom the platform 25 and which serves to embrace theneck of the bottle il When the support according to Fig. 4 is applied tothe bottle H, the lower edge of the wall portion 26 rests on the shoulder of the bottle ll. .1 In the further embodiment of the invention, shown in Fig. 5, a platform 35 is integral at one edge thereof with a short downwardly extendingvertical wall portion 36 adapted to rest with its free lower edge on the shoulder of a bottle and carrying by means of a hinge 31 aspring clip 38. On its opposite edge, the platform 35 is integral with a vertical wall portion 39 which extends downwardly for a distance approximately equal to the heightofthe bottle and serves to steady the arrangement against upsetting due to the pressure of a finger on the platform 35.- --Inthis arrangement, the spring clip 38 may be folded from the position shown in Fig. 5,-in which it projects at right angles from the vertical wall portion 36, into aposition substantiallyin theplane of the wall portion 36 to facilitate-storingand shipping of the device. 7

The inventionv may also be realized in a very simple arrangement as shown in Fig. 6. A-p1a't-' form 45 forms the top of a rectangular column 46 consisting for instance, of sheetmetal, china, plastic or the like. ,The platform 45 at the top of column 46 is disposed at a levelapproximately equal to the height of an average nail polish bottle and the device shown in Fig. 6 may simply be placed nextto abottle. The vertical walls of the column 46 make it possible tobring the plat-' form45 very close to the bottle mouth l3 so that the dangerof 'nail'polish dropping from the brush. or evaporating .on. the brush is successfully avoided.

' It should be understood that'fing'e'r supports according to the present invention nlay bernade from sheet metal, cardboard, plesticj or anyother suitable material, and that they may be"con-I structed in the form of scored blankswhich-can be stored and shipped in a limited space and can be folded'or bent to the desiredfconfiguration prior to being used.

It will also be understood that theginvention 4 is applicable to a nail polish remover bottle, as well as to a nail polish bottle.

I claim:

1. A finger support for use with a nail polish bottle to facilitate the transfer of polish from the bottle to a finger nail and to steady the bottle during the immersion and withdrawal of the brush, comprising a substantially horizontal platform shaped to support an individual finger tip, a. support for said platform including a substantially vertical wall portion extending downwardly from one edge of said platform for a distance approximatelyequal to the height of a nail polish -bottle and adapted to be located in a plane tangentialto a wall of the nail polish bottle, and a loop element secured to said vertical wall intermediate its ends-and at a distance from said platform edge exceeding the height of the neck of a nail polish bottle, said loop element projecting from said vertical wall in a horizontal plane away from said platform and being shaped and dimensioned to beslipped over and to embrace the body of a nail polish bottle to attach the finger support to such bottle. 2. A fingers upport as claimed in claim 1 ineluding 'lugs projecting from the side edges of said "vertical wall portion near the lower end thereof to embrace the body of a nail polish bottle near its bottom. I t 3. The combination of a nail polish bottle hav-; ing a flat vertical wall portion and a finger support including a vertical-sheet material element extending-in a plane adjacent said flat bottle wall from the bottom of the bottle to the level of the bottle mouth, a loop secured to said vertical ele ment and embracing the body of the bottle inter mediate its upper and lower ends, and a horizontal platform integral with said vertical ele ment at the upper edge thereof and extending away from said bottle mouth. I 4. A combination, as claimed in claim 3, in-- cluding a pair of lugsl'on the sideedges of said vertical element near the lower end thereof andextending at angles'to said vertical element to embrace 'thebody of said'bottle near its bottom. t PHI LIPLIBSON. REFERENC ES CITED The following references areof record the file of this patent: I

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