Nail clipping apparatus

1. A method of clipping a nail of a user, comprising placing one of a user's hand or foot on a positioning pad on an upwardly facing surface of an actuating member that extends in front of a cutter head with a nail of that hand or foot proximate the cutter head, moving the actuating member downwardly by that same hand or foot pushing down on the upwardly facing surface of the actuating member to pivot a lower clipper arm upwardly toward an upper clipper arm which is fastened on a support of a base and on which the cutter head resides to close jaws of the cutter head to clip the nail, whereby the user is able to cut the nail using one hand or foot.

2. The method of claim 1 including rotating the cutter head relative to the upper clipper arm to clip a periphery of the nail.

3. A nail clipping apparatus for cutting a nail of a user, comprising a base having an upstanding support member and a nail clipper disposed on the support member, said nail clipper having a rotatable cutter head disposed on a nail clipper arm that is connected to the support member and being manually rotatable to different angular positions relative to the nail clipper arm by the user to cut around the front and side periphery of the nail, said cutter head having upper and lower cutting jaws for cutting a nail, and an actuating member extending in front of the cutter head and operably connected to the cutter head to close the cutter head cutting jaws by upward movement of the lower cutting jaw when the actuating member is pushed downwardly by the user's hand or foot pushing down on the actuating member, said actuating member having an upwardly facing surface on which one of a user's hand or foot is placed to cut a nail on that hand or foot by that same hand or foot pushing down on the actuating member, whereby the user is able to cut the nail using one hand or foot.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cutter head is rotatable on a fastener that connects the cutter head, an upper clipper arm that is connected to the support member, and a lower clipper arm that is movable toward the upper clipper arm to actuate the cutter head.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cutter head is oriented at a downward acute angle relative to horizontal toward a finger or toe positioning pad that is disposed on the upwardly facing surface of the actuating member in front of the cutter head.

6. A nail clipping apparatus for cutting a nail of a user, comprising a base having an upstanding support member and a nail clipper disposed on the support member, said nail clipper having a cutter head actuated to cut the user's nail by pivoting movement of a lower clipper arm upwardly toward an upper clipper arm on which the cutter head resides, wherein the upper clipper arm is connected to the support member and the lower clipper arm is connected to an actuating member that extends in front of the cutter head where a positioning pad is disposed on the actuating member adjacent the cutter head and where a user pushes downwardly on the actuating member to move the lower clipper arm upwardly toward the upper clipper arm to actuate the cutter head to cut a nail positioned in the cutter head.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the cutter head is rotatably disposed on the upper clipper arm.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the cutter head is connected to cooperating end regions of the upper clipper and the lower clipper arm by a fastener pin on which the lower clipper member is pivotably disposed proximate an end of the fastener pin and on which the cutter head is rotatably disposed proximate an opposite end of the fastener pin.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the lower clipper arm includes a bend proximate the fastener.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 including a wedge between the lower clipper arm and the actuating member to position the positioning pad relative to the cutter head.

11. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the cutter head upper is oriented at a downward acute angle relative to horizontal toward the positioning pad.

12. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the cutter head comprises upper and lower nail cutting jaws.

13. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the actuating member includes an enlarged paddle region in front of the cutter head and on which the user's hand or foot can be placed.

14. The apparatus of claim 6 further including a nail file disposed on the base.

15. A nail clipping apparatus for cutting a nail of a user, comprising a base having an upstanding support member and a nail clipper disposed on the support member, said nail clipper having a cutter head with upper and lower cutting jaws, a lower clipper arm that is pivotable upwardly toward an upper clipper arm on which the cutter head resides wherein an upward closing force is exerted on the lower cutting jaw by the upper clipper arm when the lower clipper arm is pivoted upwardly by an actuating member extending in front of the cutter head, said actuating member being operably connected to the lower clipper arm to pivot the lower clipper arm upwardly when the actuating member is pushed downwardly by the user's hand or foot pushing down on the actuating member, said actuating member having an upwardly facing surface on which one of a user's hand or foot is placed to cut a nail on that hand or foot by that same hand or foot pushing down on the actuating member, whereby the user is able to cut the nail using one hand or foot.