Fashion nail covering, covering set and method for covering a nail

Abstract

There is provided herein a fashion nail covering comprising an adhesive tape having a nail adhesive side and an opposing outer side having a pre-printed nail area, which can be used to cover a finger nail or toe nail to cosmetically disguise and/or render the nail more aesthetically pleasing. There is also provided a nail set comprising said nail covering and a method of employing the same.

1 . A fashion nail covering comprising an adhesive tape having a nail adhesive side and an opposing outer side having a printed nail area which is an outlined area of a human finger nail or toe nail, and wherein the opposing outer side of the adhesive tape has an area outside the outlined nail area, and wherein the nail adhesive side of the adhesive tape is adherable to a nail and skin of a finger or toe. 
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The fashion nail covering of  claim 1 , wherein the area of the outlined area of the finger nail or toe nail is unpainted. 
     
     
         4 . The fashion nail covering of  claim 1 , wherein the area of the outlined area of the finger nail or toe nail is painted. 
     
     
         5 . The fashion nail covering of  claim 4 , wherein the area of the outlined area of the finger nail or toe nail is painted to simulate the appearance of a normal, healthy adjacent unpainted or painted finger nail or toe nail. 
     
     
         6 . The fashion nail covering of  claim 5 , wherein the area of the outlined area of the finger nail or toe nail is painted to simulate the appearance of an unpainted adjacent finger nail or toe nail. 
     
     
         7 . The fashion nail covering of  claim 5 , wherein the area of the outlined area of a finger nail or toe nail is painted to simulate the appearance of a painted adjacent finger nail or toe nail. 
     
     
         8 . The fashion nail covering of  claim 1 , wherein the adhesive tape in an area outside the outlined area of a human finger nail or toe nail is transparent. 
     
     
         9 . The fashion nail covering of  claim 1 , wherein the outlined area of a human finger nail or toe nail is of a size to cover a specific finger nail or toe nail. 
     
     
         10 . The fashion nail covering of  claim 1 , wherein the nail adhesive side of the adhesive tape is in the absence of a pad material. 
     
     
         11 . The fashion nail covering of  claim 1 , further comprising a pad material located on the nail adhesive side of the adhesive tape. 
     
     
         12 . A fashion nail covering set comprising from one to ten individual fashion nail coverings wherein each fashion nail covering comprises an adhesive tape having a nail adhesive side and an opposing outer side having a printed nail area which is an outlined area of a human finger nail or toe nail, and wherein the opposing outer side of the adhesive tape has an area outside the outlined nail area, and wherein the nail adhesive side of the adhesive tape is adherable to a nail and skin of a finger or toe. 
     
     
         13 . The fashion nail covering set of  claim 12 , wherein the set comprises ten fashion nail coverings and, wherein the outlined area of a human finger nail or toe nail of each of the ten individual fashion nail coverings are of a plurality of sizes conforming to the sizes of the nails on a human hand. 
     
     
         14 . The fashion nail covering set of  claim 12 , wherein the set comprises ten fashion nail coverings and, wherein the outlined area of a human finger nail or toe nail of each of the ten individual fashion nail coverings are of a plurality of sizes conforming to the sizes of nails on a human foot. 
     
     
         15 . The fashion nail covering set of  claim 12 , wherein the set comprises ten fashion nail coverings and, wherein the area of the outlined area of a human finger nail or toe nail of each of the individual fashion nail coverings is of the same color. 
     
     
         16 . The fashion nail covering set of  claim 15 , where each of the individual fashion nail coverings in the area outside the outlined area of the human finger nail or toe nail of the adhesive tape is transparent. 
     
     
         17 . The fashion toe covering set of  claim 12 , wherein the set comprises ten fashion nail coverings and, wherein the area of the outlined area of a human finger nail or toe nail of each of the individual fashion nail coverings is of varying colors. 
     
     
         18 . A method of covering a nail of the human hand or foot comprising:
 applying a fashion nail covering comprising an adhesive tape having a nail adhesive side and an opposing outer side having a printed nail area which is an outlined area of a human finger nail or toe nail, and wherein the opposing outer side of the adhesive tape has an area outside the outlined nail area, and wherein the nail adhesive side of the adhesive tape is adherable to a nail and skin of a finger or toe of the human hand or foot.   
     
     
         19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the area of the outlined area of a human finger nail or toe nail of the fashion nail covering is a painted area.