US2025134231A1PendingUtilityA1

Artificial nail tips

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Assignee: APPLIED LACQUER IND INCPriority: Oct 26, 2023Filed: Oct 26, 2023Published: May 1, 2025
Est. expiryOct 26, 2043(~17.2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Wan-Jou Chen
A45D 31/00
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Abstract

There is provided an artificial nail tip for attaching onto a nail. The artificial nail tip comprises a nail bed end and a free end that are connected by a middle nail portion. The thickness of the artificial nail tip is a gradient that is thinnest at the nail bed end and thickest at the free end and gradually increases in thickness in the middle nail portion from the nail bed end to the free end. The artificial nail tip comprises a consistent translucent mixture throughout the artificial nail tip. Due to the thickness gradient and the translucent mixture, the artificial nail tip incorporates and displays a color gradient—an ombré effect—that conveys a clear color at the nail bed end and an opaque color at the free end and increases in opacity in the middle nail portion from the nail bed end to the free end.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An artificial nail tip for attaching onto a nail, comprising:
 a nail bed end and a free end that are connected by a middle nail portion;   wherein the thickness of the artificial nail tip is a gradient that is thinnest at the nail bed end and thickest at the free end and gradually increases in thickness in the middle nail portion from the nail bed end to the free end;   wherein the artificial nail tip comprises a consistent translucent mixture throughout the artificial nail tip; and   wherein due to a balancing of the thickness gradient and the translucent mixture, the artificial nail tip has a color gradient that conveys a clear color at the nail bed end and an opaque color at the free end and increases in opacity in the middle nail portion from the nail bed end to the free end.   
     
     
         2 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the color gradient displays an ombré effect. 
     
     
         3 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the opaque color at the free end is white. 
     
     
         4 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the opaque color at the free end is black. 
     
     
         5 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the opaque color at the free end is a solid color. 
     
     
         6 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the artificial nail tip affects the color of the artificial nail tip. 
     
     
         7 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 6 , wherein the thicker the artificial nail tip is, the more opaque the color of the artificial nail tip. 
     
     
         8 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 6 , wherein the thinner the artificial nail tip is, the more clear the color of the artificial nail tip. 
     
     
         9 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 6 , wherein the opacity of the artificial nail tip is directly proportional to the thickness of the artificial nail tip. 
     
     
         10 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the artificial nail tip ranges from 0.05 mm at the nail bed end to 2 mm at the free end. 
     
     
         11 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the mixture comprises polymethyl methacrylate and a color powder. 
     
     
         12 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 11 , wherein the color powder comprises titanium dioxide powder and a whitening agent. 
     
     
         13 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 12 , wherein the mixture comprises between 500 g to 2000 g of the polymethyl methacrylate. 
     
     
         14 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 12 , wherein the mixture comprises between 0.5 g to 2 g of the titanium dioxide powder. 
     
     
         15 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 12 , wherein the mixture comprises between 0.005 g to 0.1 g of the whitening agent. 
     
     
         16 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 2 , wherein the ombré effect cannot be filed or scraped off the artificial nail tip. 
     
     
         17 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the nail is a fingernail or a toenail. 
     
     
         18 . The artificial nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the artificial nail tip is wider at the nail bed end than at the free end. 
     
     
         19 . A method of manufacturing an artificial nail tip for attaching onto a nail, comprising:
 creating a translucent mixture comprising polymethyl methacrylate, titanium dioxide powder and a whitening agent, wherein these ingredients are mixed consistently throughout;   depositing the mixture into an injection molding machine;   injection molding the artificial nail tip using a mold of the injection molding machine, wherein the artificial nail tip comprises a nail bed end and a free end that are connected by a middle nail portion, wherein the mold produces the artificial nail tip as having a thickness gradient that is thinnest at the nail bed end and thickest at the free end and gradually increases in thickness in the middle nail portion from the nail bed end to the free end; and   wherein due to a balancing of the thickness gradient and the translucent mixture, the artificial nail tip has a color gradient that conveys a clear color at the nail bed end and an opaque color at the free end and increases in opacity in the middle nail portion from the nail bed end to the free end.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the color gradient displays an ombré effect. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the opaque color at the free end is white. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the opaque color at the free end is black. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the opaque color at the free end is a solid color. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the thickness of the artificial nail tip affects the color of the artificial nail tip. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein the thicker the artificial nail tip is, the more opaque the color of the artificial nail tip. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein the thinner the artificial nail tip is, the more clear the color of the artificial nail tip. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein the opacity of the artificial nail tip is directly proportional to the thickness of the artificial nail tip. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the thickness of the artificial nail tip ranges from 0.05 mm at the nail bed end to 2 mm at the free end. 
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the translucent mixture comprises polymethyl methacrylate and a color powder. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29 , wherein the color powder comprises titanium dioxide powder and a whitening agent. 
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein the translucent mixture comprises between 500 g to 2000 g of polymethyl methacrylate. 
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein the translucent mixture comprises between 0.5 g to 2 g of the titanium dioxide powder. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein the translucent mixture comprises between 0.005 g to 0.1 g of the whitening agent. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the ombré effect of the artificial nail tip cannot be filed or scraped off. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the nail is a fingernail or a toenail. 
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the artificial nail tip is wider at the nail bed end than at the free end.

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