2 shows a process of providing an overlay. To overcome this drawback, overlays such as silk strips, linen strips or glass fabric strips are attached to upper portions of artificial nails. If its tip is too long, however, the artificial nail is apt to be broken or separated from the natural nail. The artificial nail described above is composed of plastic resin to have elasticity. The surface and hem of the plastic strip are smoothed by a file or a buffer. The extended artificial nail is cut by a nail cutter to have a tip of predetermined length. The artificial nail is longitudinally extended from that position to have a predetermined length.
1, a plastic artificial nail 4 having a shape of an ordinary human nail is attached to the lower portion of the natural nail on which an adhesive is to be applied.
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Extended tips of the artificial nails can range from 0.76 cm to 3.81 cm, and their hems are curved to conform with the curvatures of the growing natural nails.Īttachment of artificial nails are generally performed by professional manicurists. Such sheets or strips are manufactured for commercial purposes to have diverse widths of 6 to 13 kinds to conform with different widths of natural nails and to have a predetermined curvature so that the concave faces of their lower portions extending the finger lines match with the convex faces of the upper portions of the natural nails. Conventionally, such a disguise takes a form of using sheets or strips composed of injection-molded plastic materials attached to lower portions of the natural nails on which an adhesive comprising ethyl-cyanoaclates, etc. It is well known in the art to attach plastic strips or artificial nails having shapes and sizes similar to those of the long natural nails to lower portions of the natural nails to increase the length of the natural nails for cosmetic purposes. One solution that can replace the long natural nails is utilizing artificial nails covering the entire portion of natural nails, or cosmetic ornaments, i.e., tips attached to upper end portions of artificial nails. Long nails are apt to be broken and difficult to take care of. However, it is practically difficult for most of the working women to grow their nails long. Accordingly, modern women tend to spend more time for beautifying their own nails. Long nails colored brightly with special care are recognized as an essential element of cosmetology which enhances femininity and beauty. 20, 1985 to Massey discloses such an example, which was referred to in the present application.Īttention has been paid on nails as part of a human body according to the development of cosmetic industry in modern society. The term "overlay" employed in the present application means a strip, preferably a fabric type, attached to an upper portion of a natural and artificial nail for improving adherence and durability of the artificial nail attached to the natural nail.
The present invention also relates to a method of dying and printing the artificial nail overlay. In particular, the present invention relates to an artificial nail overlay for providing a nail design as well as for improving adherence and durability of artificial nails. The present invention relates generally to a nail ornament. Offset-printing a predetermined picture or pattern directly on the other surface of the silk strip. A method of printing an artificial nail overlay, comprising the steps of:Ĭoating an adhesive on one surface of a silk strip Īttaching a paper to the surface of the silk strip on which the adhesive has been coated, the paper being detachable as a peel-off member and The artificial nail overlay according to claim 1, wherein the fabric strip includes one or more material from silk, fiber glass, cotton, nylon, polyester, knit fabrics, linen, rayon, and wool.ĥ.
The artificial nail overlay according to claim 3, wherein the overlay is cut by a press after the peel-off member is attached thereto.Ĥ. The artificial nail overlay according to claim 1, wherein the peel-off member is a silicon-processed paper so as to be detachably attached to the fabric strip.ģ. An artificial nail overlay attachable to a natural nail for reinforcing solidity of the artificial nail attached to the natural nail, the artificial nail overlay comprising:Īn adhesive coated on one surface of the fabric strip Ī peel-off member detachably attached to the surface on which the adhesive has been coated to provide the fabric strip with flatness andĪ predetermined picture or pattern offset-printed directly on the other surface of the fabric strip.Ģ.
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