ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,256, issued on March 3, was assigned to Pedicure Inc. (Ithaca, N.Y.).
"Motorized toenail groomer configured to sit on top of a foot with long shaft and handle permitting ease of use by elderly and/or inflexible users" was invented by Jordan Gorelick (Woodbridge, Conn.), Joshua Zhu (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Stacey Wong (New Hyde Park, N.Y.), Jialin Ke (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jonathan Pao (Boston), Mary Feyrer (Hanover, N.H.), Felix Shi (Ithaca, N.Y.), Daryn Golub (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.), Dhaval Thakkar (Schaumburg, Ill.) and Ivan Josue de Leon Avila (Merida, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nail groomer to aid elderly and flexibility-challenge...