Nail polishing stand and storage cabinet

Abstract

A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet includes a base having a plurality of drawers adapted to store manicuring supplies including nail polish. A hinged cover is coupled to the base and opens to reveal a substantially semispherical hand rest having five spaced apart grooves. According to one aspect of the invention, the hand rest is rotatable so that the user can adjust it to the most comfortable position. According to another aspect of the invention, the cover is adapted to function as a soaking tray. According to the presently preferred embodiment, the cover is removable.

1 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet, comprising: 
 a base;    a hand rest rotatably coupled to said base; and    a cover hingedly coupled to said base.    
     
     
         2 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said hand rest is substantially semispherical with five spaced apart grooves.    
     
     
         3 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said hand rest is rotatable and includes means for releasably locking said hand rest in a plurality of fixed positions relative to said base.    
     
     
         4 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said cover is configured to function as a soaking tray.    
     
     
         5 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 4 , wherein: 
 said cover is removable from said base.    
     
     
         6 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet, comprising: 
 a base having a storage compartment; and    a hand rest rotatably coupled to said base.    
     
     
         7 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 6 , wherein: 
 said hand rest has five spaced apart grooves.    
     
     
         8 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 6 , wherein: 
 said hand rest is substantially dome shaped.    
     
     
         9 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 6 , wherein: 
 said hand rest is rotatable and includes means for releasably locking said hand rest in a plurality of fixed positions relative to said base.    
     
     
         10 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet, comprising: 
 a base having a storage compartment;    a hand rest coupled to said base; and    a cover coupled to said base, wherein    said cover is configured to function as a soaking tray.    
     
     
         11 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 10 , wherein: 
 said cover is removably coupled to said base.    
     
     
         12 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 10 , wherein: 
 said cover is hingedly coupled to said base.    
     
     
         13 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet, comprising: 
 a base having a storage compartment; and    a hand rest coupled to said base, wherein    said hand rest is substantially dome shaped with a plurality of spaced apart grooves.    
     
     
         14 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 13 , wherein: 
 said hand rest has five spaced apart grooves.    
     
     
         15 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 13 , wherein: 
 said hand rest is rotatably coupled to said base.    
     
     
         16 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 15 , wherein: 
 said hand rest and includes means for releasably locking said hand rest in a plurality of fixed positions relative to said base.    
     
     
         17 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 13 , wherein said base has at least one drawer for receiving manicuring accessories.  
     
     
         18 . A nail polishing stand and storage cabinet according to  claim 16 , wherein said dome-shaped hand rest and said base each have a plurality of opposing, normally intermeshing teeth and wherein said hand rest is mounted on said base in a spring-loaded manner, to permit, via depression of said hand rest, disengagement of said teeth and, in turn, rotation of said hand rest to a different rotatable position.