Dual manicure and pedicure support

Abstract

A dual manicure and pedicure support apparatus for supporting a user's hand or foot to facilitate care of fingernails or toenails. In one embodiment, a body member includes a generally planar base, an upper work surface, and a front work surface sloped for receiving a hand or a foot thereon. The body member includes a generally trapezoidal side-profile and is composed of flexible material. The upper work surface includes a plurality of holes and slots for storage of items utilized during a manicure or pedicure. The body member includes opposed sides curved inwardly to allow positioning between the user's legs during a manicure. The back side includes an enclosure covered by elastic netting for storage of utensils used in the manicure or pedicure. The body member is easily moved from between a user's legs for a manicure to a position for a pedicure without modifying the body member.

Having thus described the aforementioned invention, we claim:  
     
         1 . A support apparatus utilized for a manicure and/or a pedicure, comprising: 
 a body member including a base, an upper work surface, a back surface, and a front work surface disposed to receive thereon a hand for a manicure or a foot for a pedicure; and    opposed sides of said body member for positioning between a user's legs during the manicure.    
     
     
         2 . The support apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said body member includes a trapezoidal side-profile and is composed of flexible material.  
     
     
         3 . The support apparatus of  claim 2  wherein said front work surface is sloped at about a forty-five degree angle from said base to said upper work surface.  
     
     
         4 . The support apparatus of  claim 3  wherein said upper work surface includes a plurality of indentations disposed therein, said plurality of indentations arraigned in spaced-apart orientation from each indentation, whereby said plurality of indentations provide for placement therein of items utilized during a manicure or a pedicure.  
     
     
         5 . The support apparatus of  claim 3  wherein said front work surface including a front edge connecting with said upper work surface, said front work surface is disposed to receive either the user's hand or the user's foot thereon with the user's fingernails or toenails positioned proximal to said front edge of said upper work surface.  
     
     
         6 . The support apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said opposed sides including a concave curvature disposed laterally along a mid-segment of each opposed side for gripping by the user's legs during the manicure.  
     
     
         7 . The support apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said opposed sides including a concave curvature originating along each side of said base, said concave curvature extending proximal to a mid-segment of each opposed side.  
     
     
         8 . The support apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said back surface includes an enclosure centrally disposed in said back surface, said enclosure having a flexible net attached to said back surface to cover said enclosure, whereby said flexible net is stretched by the user for insertion therein of items utilized during a manicure or a pedicure.  
     
     
         9 . The support apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said back surface includes a substantially rectangular enclosure disposed in said back surface, said enclosure having a flexible net attached to said back surface to cover said enclosure, whereby said flexible net is stretched by the user for insertion into said enclosure of items utilized during a manicure or a pedicure.  
     
     
         10 . A support device utilized for supporting a user's hand for a manicure or for supporting a user's foot for a pedicure, comprising: 
 a body member composed of a flexible material having a base surface and an upper work surface in parallel orientation;    a back side extended between said base surface and said upper work surface;    opposed sides having inwardly curved segments extending between said base surface and said upper work surface, said opposed sides positioned between the user's legs during the manicure; and    a front work surface of said body member being angled at less than a ninety degree angle from said base surface to said upper work surface, said front work surface accepts either of the user's foot or either of the user's hand thereon during a pedicure or manicure.    
     
     
         11 . The support device of  claim 10  wherein said opposed sides including said inwardly curved segments being oriented laterally along a central segment of each opposed side.  
     
     
         12 . The support device of  claim 10  wherein said upper work surface includes a plurality of indentations disposed therein, said plurality of indentations arraigned in spaced-apart orientation from each indentation, whereby said plurality of indentations provide for placement therein of items utilized during a manicure and/or a pedicure.  
     
     
         13 . The support device of  claim 12  wherein said plurality of indentations include a plurality of cylindrical indentations and at least one elongated indentation in said upper work surface.  
     
     
         14 . A support device utilized for a positioning a hand for a manicure or for positioning a foot for a pedicure, comprising: 
 a body member having a trapezoidal side-profile, said body member including a base and an opposed upper work surface extended in substantially parallel orientation from a back side;    a front work surface opposed from said back side, said front work surface being angled to receive a hand or a foot thereon, whereby the user's fingers are positioned proximal to said upper work surface during a manicure and the user's toes are positioned proximal to said upper work surface during a pedicure; and    opposed sides curved inwardly to be readily gripped between the user's legs to position said body member proximal to the user's during the manicure.    
     
     
         15 . The support device of  claim 14  wherein said upper work surface including a plurality of indentations disposed therein, said plurality of indentations arraigned in spaced-apart orientation from each indentation, whereby said plurality of indentations provide for placement therein of items utilized during the manicure and/or the pedicure.  
     
     
         16 . The support device of  claim 14  wherein said back side includes an enclosure centrally disposed in said back side, said enclosure having a flexible net attached to said back side to cover said enclosure, whereby said flexible net is stretched by the user for insertion therein of items utilized during the manicure and/or the pedicure.  
     
     
         17 . The support device of  claim 14  wherein said front work surface including a front edge connecting with said upper work surface, said front work surface is disposed to receive either the user's hand or the user's foot thereon with the user's fingernails or toenails positioned proximal to said front edge and said upper work surface.  
     
     
         18 . A support device utilized for a manicure and/or a pedicure, comprising: 
 a body member including a base surface and a spaced-apart upper work surface composed of a flexible material;    a back side extending between said base surface and said upper work surface;    opposed sides having inwardly curved surfaces for positioning said body member between the user's legs during a manicure; and    a front work surface having an angled surface sloped upwardly from said base surface to said upper work surface, said front work surface accepts a hand or a foot thereon, whereby the user's fingernails or toenails are positioned proximal to said upper work surface during the manicure or a pedicure.    
     
     
         19 . The support device of  claim 18  wherein said upper work surface including a plurality of indentations disposed in said flexible material of said upper work surface, said plurality of indentations are sized to allow placement therein of items used during the manicure or pedicure.  
     
     
         20 . The support device of  claim 18  wherein said front work surface having said angled surface sloped at about a forty-five degree angle from said base surface to said upper work surface.