Printable nail strips

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9578948-B2
Application number	US-201414337515-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2014
Priority date	Dec 20, 2013
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates generally to nail strips that may be adhered to human finger and toe nails. The strips are provided in the form of a sheet having a plurality of cutout strips in the general shape of a nail which may be peeled from the sheet. The nail strips may be decorated by printing user-created or selected designs using a home printer. The size and/or shape of the nail strips may be adjusted by selecting and detaching an appropriate perforated edge from the sheet backing.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A package comprising:
at least one sheet comprising a plurality of peelable cutout strips in the shape of a human nail, at least one of the cutout strips being different in size and/or shape than at least one other cutout strip, wherein the final size of at least one of said plurality of cutout strips can be adjusted in both vertical and horizontal directions with approximately concentric perforated edges;
each of said at least one sheets having an identifier for instructing a computer to print the image on a home printer within the area of the peelable cutout strips.

2. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the package further comprises written instructions for accessing software used for creating and/or manipulating said images.

3. The package according to claim 2 , wherein the instructions identify a web address for accessing software used for creating images.

4. The package according to claim 2 , wherein the package further comprises a computer-readable storage medium including software used for creating and/or manipulating images, and written instructions for using said computer-readable storage medium.

5. The package of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of sheets of peelable cutout strips, at least one sheet having peelable cutout strips of different size and/or shape than the peelable strips of at least one other sheet.

Assignees

• Avon Prod Inc

Inventors

• Raouf Maha
• Weigman-Smith Jeanine

Classifications

• A45D2029/005

  Printing or stamping devices for applying images or ornaments to nails · CPC title

• A45D29/001 Primary

  Self adhesive nail coating blanks · CPC title