Annunciating artificial nails

Abstract

One or a set of toy artificial finger nails for attachment to natural finger nails. Switches, such as direct contact type or inertial type cause the nails to respond to tapping on a hard surface to produce flashes of light and/or sounds, like one major octave of the musical scale when eight different nails are used.

1 . An artificial finger nail for attachment to a person's natural fingernail, said nail including: 
 means for producing electrical current;    an annunciator connected to said means for producing electrical current; and    means for actuating said annunciator to produce at least one annunciation.    
     
     
         2 . The nail as defined in  claim 1  wherein said annunciator includes: 
 a light producing device.  
 
     
     
         3 . The nail as defined in  claim 1  wherein said annunciator includes: 
 a sound producing device.  
 
     
     
         4 . The nail as defined in  claim 3  wherein said sound producing device produces a single musical tone.  
     
     
         5 . The nail as defined in  claim 1  wherein said means for actuating said annunciator include: 
 a timer to maintain the annunciation for a time period.  
 
     
     
         6 . The nail as defined in  claim 1  wherein said means for producing electrical current include: 
 at least one battery.  
 
     
     
         7 . The nail as defined in  claim 1  wherein said means for actuating said annunciator includes: 
 an inertial sensor.  
 
     
     
         8 . The nail as defined in  claim 1  wherein said means for actuating said annunciator includes: 
 a membrane switch.  
 
     
     
         9 . The nail as defined in  claim 1  wherein said means for actuating said annunciator include: 
 a counter to annunciate multiple times.  
 
     
     
         10 . A set of artificial finger nails for attachment to a user's natural fingernails, each of said nails including: 
 means for producing electrical current;    an annunciator connected to said means for producing electrical current; and    means for actuating said annunciator to produce at least one annunciation.    
     
     
         11 . The nails as defined in  claim 10  wherein at least one of said annunciators includes: 
 a sound producing device.  
 
     
     
         12 . The nails as defined in  claim 10  wherein each of said annunciators include: 
 a sound producing device, wherein each of said sound producing devices produces a different musical tone.  
 
     
     
         13 . The nails as defined in  claim 12  wherein each of said nails includes: 
 an outer tip; and  
 a underside adjacent said tip, and wherein each of said sound producing devices includes:  
 a speaker positioned on said underside of said nail.  
 
     
     
         14 . The nails as defined in  claim 10  wherein at least one of said annunciators includes: 
 a light producing device.  
 
     
     
         15 . The nails as defined in  claim 10  wherein said at least one of said annunciators includes: 
 a light emitting diode having: 
 a lens that extends through said nail in which said light emitting diode is present.  
 
 
     
     
         16 . The nails as defined in  claim 10  wherein said means for actuating said annunciator each include: 
 an inertial sensor.  
 
     
     
         17 . The nails as defined in  claim 10  wherein each nail has: 
 an outer tip, and wherein of said means for actuating said annunciator include: 
 a contact switch positioned at said outer tip of said nail.  
 
 
     
     
         18 . The nails as defined in  claim 10  wherein each of said means for actuating said annunciators include: 
 a timer to maintain the annunciation for a time period.  
 
     
     
         19 . The nails as defined in  claim 10  further including: 
 double sided adhesive tape for connecting said nails to the user's natural nails.  
 
     
     
         20 . An artificial finger nail for attachment to a user's natural fingernail, said nail including: 
 a battery assembly;    an annunciator connected to said battery assembly; and    means for actuating said annunciator in response to an engagement of said artificial finger nail with a surface to produce at least one annunciation.