Patent Application
20200154847
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The disclosure and prior art relate to clipping devices and more particularly pertains to a new clipping device for decreasing a reach required for trimming a toenail.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a clippers, which in turn comprises a clip lever that is operationally coupled to a pair of cutters. The cutters are mutually coupled to define a gap that is positioned at a first end of the clippers. A rod is coupled to and extends substantially perpendicularly from a second end of the clippers. The rod is configured to be grasped in a hand of a user, positioning the user to manipulate the clippers to insert a portion of a toenail into the gap. An actuator is coupled to the rod distal from the clippers and is operationally coupled to the clip lever. The actuator is configured to be actuated by a digit of the hand grasping the rod to lever the clip lever to close the gap to clip the portion of the toenail.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A hole 32 is positioned in the upper cutter 26 proximate to the first end 24 of the clippers 12, as shown in
The rod 14 is coupled to and extends substantially perpendicularly from the second end 30 of the clippers 12, as shown in
A handle 38 is coupled to and extends from the rod 14 distal from the clippers 12. The handle 38 is configured to be positioned in a palm of the hand of the user. The handle 38 is rectangularly shaped when viewed longitudinally. The handle 38 extends codirectionally from the rod 14 with the clippers 12 so that the handle 38 is substantially parallel to the clippers 12, as shown in
The actuator 16 is coupled to the rod 14 distal from the clippers 12. The actuator 16 is operationally coupled to the clip lever 18. The actuator 16 is configured to be selectively actuated by a digit of the hand that is grasping the rod 14 to lever the clip lever 18 to close the gap 22 to clip the portion of the toenail. The actuator 16 comprises a first bar 40 that is pivotally coupled to a terminus 42 of the clip lever 18 distal from the first end 24 of the clippers 12.
A retainer 44 is coupled to the rod 14 distal from the clippers 12, as shown in
A second bar 50 is coupled to and extends substantially perpendicularly from an upper endpoint 52 of the first bar 40, as shown in
A pair of arms 54 is coupled to and extends linearly from a lower endpoint 56 of the first bar 40 to define a pivot slot 58, as shown in
A lever slot 66 is positioned in the rod 14 proximate to the clippers 12, as shown in
In use, the handle 38 is positioned in the palm of the hand of the user with the thumb of the hand positioned on the second bar 50. The handle 38 is used to manipulate the rod 14 to position the portion of the toenail in the gap 22. The second bar 50 then is depress with the thumb toward the handle 38, causing the first bar 40 to lever the clip lever 18, which closes the gap 22 to clip the portion of the toenail. The extra reach provided by the rod 14 facilitates clipping of toenails by reducing the reach required by the user to position the portion of the toenail in the gap 22 of the clippers 12.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
