ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,226, issued on Feb. 3.
"Nail correcting tool" was invented by Tadanaga Torio (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nail correcting tool to effectively correct highly deformed nails is described herein. This nail correcting tool has a top surface and a bottom surface, and the bottom surface has a curved part and a straight part. In a state in which the end of the curved part is placed against the lateral edge of the nail, making the point of action to be said end, the fulcrum to be a point on the curved part away from said end, and the point of effort to be a point on the straight part, a force is applied to the point of effort and t...