Long-Handled Nail Groomer with a Stand Configured to Cradle a Toe for Initial Centering of a Filing Bit on the Toenail

Abstract

A toenail groomer includes: a grooming head, shaft, and handle configured to be grasped by a user's hand to manipulate the groomer. The grooming head has a housing and motor configured to rotatably support a filing bit with an abrasive surface, usable to abrade portions of a toenail. An opening in the housing receives one end of the shaft with an adjustable length that may be selected to position the filing bit at a user's toenail when the handle is manipulated by the user's hand. The housing includes a concaved surface configured to rest upon and receive a portion of the user's toe to initially align the axis of the filing bit with the corresponding toenail. The motor supports the filing bit's axis of at an obtuse angle to an axis of the shaft, and at an acute angle with respect to the toenail.

1 . A toenail groomer comprising:
 a shaft;   a handle; said handle configured to be grasped by a hand of a user to manipulate said toenail groomer; and   a grooming head, said grooming head comprising:
 a housing; 
 wherein said shaft is mounted to a portion of said housing; 
 a motor and a coupler, said coupler being configured to couple to a portion of a filing bit, and said motor being configured to rotate the coupler and the filing bit to abrade a portion of the toenail; and 
 wherein said housing comprises:
 a concave surface; and 
 a first protrusion and a second protrusion each configured to protrude from a first portion of said concave surface, said first protrusion and said second protrusion being spaced apart a distance configured to contact a first top portion of one toe of the user at a first toenail groomer position, to align an axis of the filing bit with an axis of the corresponding toenail of the one toe, when the filing bit is proximal to the corresponding toenail. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The toenail groomer according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein said first protrusion and said second protrusion each comprise second portions configured to protrude from a second portion of said concave surface, said second portions of said first and second protrusions being configured to contact a second top portion of the one toe of the user at a second toenail groomer position, to align an axis of the filing bit with an axis of the corresponding toenail of the one toe, when the filing bit is distal from the corresponding toenail of the one toe; and   wherein when said toenail groomer is rotated from said second toenail groomer position to said first toenail groomer position, said housing is repositioned to move the filing bit proximity to the corresponding toenail and permits pivoting of the toenail groomer upon the one toe to abrade the corresponding toenail of the one toe from a first side of an edge of the corresponding toenail across to a second side of the edge of the corresponding toenail.   
     
     
         3 . The toenail groomer according to  claim 2 , wherein an axis of said motor is configured to support the axis of the filing bit at an obtuse angle with respect to an axis of said shaft. 
     
     
         4 . The toenail groomer according to  claim 3 , wherein a length of said shaft is configured to position the filing bit in proximity to the corresponding toenail of the one toe when said handle is grasped and manipulated by the user, to permit filing of the corresponding toenail. 
     
     
         5 . The toenail groomer according to  claim 4 , wherein said obtuse angle between the axis of said motor and the axis of said shaft is configured to position the filing bit at an acute angle with respect to a tip of the corresponding toenail. 
     
     
         6 . The toenail groomer according to  claim 5 , wherein said a handle is fixedly secured to said shaft. 
     
     
         7 . The toenail groomer according to  claim 5 , wherein said handle and said shaft are integrally formed as a single unitary part. 
     
     
         8 . The toenail groomer according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein said motor of said toenail groomer is configured to be powered by one or more rechargeable batteries; and   wherein said toenail groomer comprises: a USB recharging socket.