ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,042, issued on Aug. 12.
"Fingernail clipper" was invented by Ashley Strickland (Pleasant Grove, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for a handheld nail clipper having generally the shape of a pistol for being easily and comfortably held in the hand of a user. The nail clipper has a plurality of user selectable replaceable blades so that the nails of the user can be cut into a plurality of shapes. The enclosure is designed to provide for a plurality of replacement blades so that the fingernail of the user can be held in a nail holder having a slot therein for receiving the tip of the fingernail so that the fingern...