ATTACHING AN ARTIFICIAL FINGERNAIL

Abstract

An attachment for attaching an artificial fingernail to a natural fingernail. The attachment includes a double-sided adhesive strip. The double-sided adhesive strip is made of an elastic material which reduces an elastic material width when a pull is exerted in a longitudinal direction so as to reduce an adhesive force, and a grip tab which projects at a front end of the double-sided adhesive strip. The grip tab is arranged underneath an outwardly projecting portion of the artificial fingernail once the artificial fingernail has been attached. The pull on the double-sided adhesive strip is exerted via the grip tab.

Claims

1-2. (canceled)

3. An attachment for attaching an artificial fingernail to a natural fingernail, the attachment comprising a double-sided adhesive strip which consists of: an elastic material which is configured to reduce an elastic material width when a pull is exerted in a longitudinal direction so as to reduce an adhesive force; and a grip tab which projects at a front end of the double-sided adhesive strip and which is arranged underneath an outwardly projecting portion of the artificial fingernail once the artificial fingernail has been attached, the pull on the double-sided adhesive strip being exerted via the grip tab.

4. The attachment as recited in claim 3, wherein a length of the grip tab is 20 to 80% of a length of the outwardly projecting portion of the artificial fingernail.

5. A method of using the double-sided adhesive strip as recited in claim 3 to detach the artificial fingernail, the method comprising: pulling on the grip tab of the double-sided adhesive strip in the longitudinal direction so as to reduce the elastic material width and the adhesive force; and removing the artificial fingernail.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0006] The present invention is described in greater detail below on the basis of embodiments and of the drawing in which:

[0007] The FIGURE schematically shows an embodiment of the present invention with a vertical section through the front part of a finger.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0008] In an embodiment, the present invention provides an adhesive strip which consists of an elastic material which reduces its width when pulled in its longitudinal direction and thus reduces the adhesive force and in that for exerting the pull, a grip tab projects at the front end of the adhesive strip and is located underneath the outwardly projecting portion of the artificial fingernail once an artificial fingernail has been attached.

[0009] The detachment of the artificial fingernail is accomplished in a simple manner in that it is only necessary to pull at the grip tab underneath the artificial fingernail so as to reduce the adhesive force to such an extent that the artificial fingernail can be easily lifted off. In an embodiment, the length of the grip tab projecting at the front end underneath the projecting portion of the artificial fingernail can, for example, be 20 to 80% of the length of the projecting portion of the artificial fingernail.

[0010] An embodiment of the present invention is illustrated schematically in the FIGURE which shows a vertical section through the front part of a finger.

[0011] At the front end of a finger 1, there is the natural fingernail 2 to which an artificial fingernail 3 is attached, the artificial fingernail 3 projecting beyond the front end of the natural fingernail. The length of the projecting portion of the artificial fingernail 3 is indicated in the FIGURE with LF.

[0012] An adhesive strip 4 is adhered on the natural fingernail 2. The adhesive strip has an adhesive area on both sides with a permanently tacky, for example, waterproof pressure-sensitive adhesive so that, after adhering the adhesive strip 4 on the natural fingernail 2, the artificial fingernail 3 is placed on the top side of the adhesive of the adhesive strip 4, and is then pressed on so as to be attached.

[0013] Projecting at the front end of the adhesive strip 4 is a grip tab 5, the length LG of which is shorter than the length LF of the projecting portion of the artificial fingernail 3 so that the grip tab 5 will be covered by the artificial fingernail 3 and hence, as a rule, will not be visible. It is thereby also important that the grip tab 5 has a width which is less than a width of the artificial fingernail 3.

[0014] The present invention is not limited to embodiments described herein; reference should be had to the appended claims.