IP Library Granted Patent US 9,585,455
Granted Patent B2
US 9,585,455 · App. 14/683,952 · Granted Mar 7, 2017

Nail polish container holder

Inventors: Elizabeth Boyle (Sullivans Island, SC); Mark Miclette (Sullivans Island, SC)
Assignee: Station 22, LLC
A45D29/00A45D34/00A45D34/04A45F5/00A45F2005/008
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Patent No.
US 9,585,455
App. No.
14/683,952
Granted
Mar 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a holder for nail polish containers, including at least one ring portion configured to fit around a user's finger and having formed therein an opening slit, and at least one crown portion disposed above and interconnected with the ring portions. The crown has a cavity formed therein and an expandable opening configured to receive a nail polish container. The ring portions and the crown are portions of a unified body formed from a substantially pliable material.

Claims (18)

1. A holder for nail polish containers, comprising:

at least two ring portions each configured to fit around one of a user's fingers;

a crown portion;

wherein each of the ring portions includes a first end that is interconnected with the crown portion and a second end distal therefrom and having a slit opening, and wherein each ring portion has formed at a location between the first end and the second end a squeeze tab wherein the squeeze tabs are collectively configured to expand the slit openings when pressure to them is applied;

wherein the crown includes a base proximate to the interconnection of the crown and the ring portions, side walls that are conical-frustum shaped extending from the base to an upper surface, and wherein the side walls have a first diameter at the base that is smaller than a second diameter at an upper surface;

wherein the base, side walls and upper surface together define a cavity;

the upper surface having formed therein least three slit openings that converge at the centroid of a horizontal plane of the upper surface and that form a plurality of triangular flaps;

wherein the crown is configured to receive a nail polish container;

wherein the base has disposed into the cavity a plurality of semispherical protrusions configured to interface with the bottom of the nail polish container; and

wherein the ring portions and the crown are formed from a substantially pliable material.

2. The holder of claim 1 wherein the ring portions and crown are portions of a unified body.

3. The holder of claim 2 wherein the unified body is of one-piece molded construction.

4. The holder of claim 2 wherein the unified body is formed from one of silicone, a thermos-plastic elastomer and a thermo-plastic rubber.

5. The holder of claim 1 wherein an exterior of each squeeze tab is textured.

6. The holder of claim 1 wherein the unified body is formed from scented material.

7. The holder of claim 1 wherein the holder includes two crown portions disposed above and interconnected with the ring portion, wherein

each crown portion has a cavity formed therein and an expandable opening configured to receive a nail polish container; and

wherein the ring portions and the crown are portions of a unified body formed from a substantially pliable material.

Assignments (2)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 19, 2022
From: STATION 22, LLC
To: JUKA INNOVATIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061710/0292 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2016
From: BOYLE, ELIZABETH; MICLETTE, MARK
To: STATION 22, LLC
Reel/Frame 038093/0516 →
Continuity (1)
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