US 12,186,942 B1
Apparatus for forming and applying artificial fingernails
Cuong Phung, Findlay, OH (US)
Filed by Cuong Phung, Findlay, OH (US)
Filed on May 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/315,240.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/103,736, filed on Aug. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/101,584, filed on May 7, 2020.
Int. Cl. B29C 33/38 (2006.01); A45D 29/00 (2006.01); A45D 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/04 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 33/3842 (2013.01) [A45D 29/00 (2013.01); B29C 45/00 (2013.01); B29C 45/0441 (2013.01); B29C 45/045 (2013.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); G06V 40/107 (2022.01); A45D 31/00 (2013.01); A45D 2200/052 (2013.01); A45D 2200/205 (2013.01); B29L 2031/718 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for forming and applying artificial fingernails, the apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a rotatable carousel disposed at least partially within the housing, the rotatable carousel including a plurality of fingernail molds that are configured to be rotated with the carousel, the plurality of fingernail molds configured to form a plurality of different fingernail shapes using an artificial fingernail molding material;
a dispensing device disposed at least partially within the housing, the dispensing device configured to dispense the artificial fingernail molding material onto a fingertip portion of a user within a selected one of the plurality of fingernail molds; and
a curing device, the curing device configured to cure the artificial fingernail molding material on the fingertip portion of the user so as to form an artificial fingernail having a particular shape.