Layered fingernail extension

Abstract

A layered fingernail extension to be attached to the tip of a wearer's fingernail to enhance the ornamentality thereof. In one example, decorative artwork is applied to a layer of material and a plurality of decorative moving elements are retained above the art work. The decorative art work establishes a fixed background and the decorative elements create a foreground that moves relative to the background to produce a three-dimensional ornamental and visual effect when the wearer shakes her finger. In another example, decorative art work is applied to bottom, intermediate and top layers of material that are attached one above the other. The decorative art work of the layers cooperate to produce a three-dimensional composite picture.

1 . A fingernail extension to be attached to a wearer's fingernail, said fingernail extension comprising a first layer of material having a recess formed therein and decorative art work applied to said first layer of material within the recess thereof, and a second layer of material attached to said first layer of material so as to cover said recess, whereby said decorative art work is spaced from said second layer of material. 
     
     
         2 . The fingernail extension recited in  claim 1 , wherein said second layer of material is optically transparent so that the decorative art work applied to said first layer of material within said recess is visible through said second layer of material. 
     
     
         3 . The fingernail extension recited in  claim 2 , further comprising decorative material located within the recess formed in said first layer of material so as to overlay said decorative art work, each of said decorative art work and said decorative material lying thereover being visible through said optically-transparent second layer of material. 
     
     
         4 . The fingernail extension recited in  claim 3 , wherein said decorative material that is located within the recess formed in said first layer of material is a plurality of moving elements that are retained within said recess between said first and second layers of material, said plurality of moving elements being movable relative to said decorative art work. 
     
     
         5 . A fingernail extension to be attached to a wearer's fingernail, said fingernail extension comprising a first layer of material having decorative art work applied thereto, a second layer of material attached to said first layer of material, said second layer of material having an opening formed therethrough and surrounding the decorative art work of said first layer of material, and a third layer of material attached to said second layer of material so as to cover said opening thereof, whereby said decorative art work is separated from said third layer of material by said second layer of material. 
     
     
         6 . The fingernail extension recited in  claim 5 , wherein said third layer of material is optically transparent so that the decorative art work applied to said first layer of material is visible through said third layer of material and the opening formed through said second layer of material. 
     
     
         7 . The fingernail extension recited in  claim 6 , further comprising decorative material located within the opening formed through said second layer of material so as to overlay the decorative artwork applied to said first layer of material, said decorative art work and said decorative material lying thereover being visible through said optically-transparent third layer of material and the opening formed through said second layer of material. 
     
     
         8 . The fingernail extension recited in  claim 7 , wherein said decorative material that is located within the opening formed through said second layer of material so as to overlay the decorative art work applied to said first layer of material includes a plurality of moving elements that are retained within said window between said first and third layers of material, said plurality of moving elements being movable relative to said decorative art work. 
     
     
         9 . A fingernail extension to be attached to a wearer's fingernail, said fingernail extension comprising a first layer of material, a second layer of material attached to said first layer of material, said second layer of material having at least one opening formed therethrough and lying over said first layer of material, and a third layer of material attached to said second layer of material so as to cover the at least one opening thereof, whereby said first and third layers of material are separated from one another by said second layer of material. 
     
     
         10 . The fingernail extension recited in  claim 9 , wherein said third layer of material is optically transparent so that at least some of said first layer of material is visible through said third layer of material and the at lest one opening formed through said second layer of material. 
     
     
         11 . The fingernail extension recited in  claim 10 , further comprising decorative material located within the at lest one opening formed through said second layer of material so as to overlay said first layer of material, at least some of said first layer of material and said decorative material laying thereover being visible through said optically-transparent third layer of material and the opening formed through said second layer of material. 
     
     
         12 . The fingernail extension recited in  claim 11 , wherein said decorative material that is located within the at least one opening formed through said second layer of material so as to overlay said first layer of material includes a plurality of moving elements that are retained within said opening between said first and third layers of material, said plurality of moving elements being movable relative to said first layer of material. 
     
     
         13 . A fingernail extension to be attached to a wearer's fingernail, said fingernail extension comprising a first layer of material having first decorative art work applied thereto and a second layer of material having second decorative art work applied thereto, said second layer of material being optically transparent and laying over said first layer of material so that said first and said second decorative art work are spaced one above the other and said first decorative art work is visible through said optically-transparent second layer of material. 
     
     
         14 . The fingernail extension recited in  claim 13 , wherein said first layer of material is longer than said second layer of material. 
     
     
         15 . The fingernail extension recited in  claim 13 , further comprising a third layer of material having third decorative art work applied thereto, said third layer of material being optically transparent and laying over said second layer of material so that said first, second and third decorative art work are spaced one above the other and said first and second decorative artwork are visible through said optically-transparent second and third layers of material.