NAIL SOAKING BOWL

Description

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The disclosure relates to the technical field of nail art appliances, and in particular, to a nail soaking bowl.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

During the nail art service, nails need to be cleaned before nail makeup is performed or removed, and the nails usually need to be soaked in nail soaking bowl for softening to facilitate cleaning of the nails.

However, an existing nail soaking bowl is usually made of a hard material and therefore has a fixed shape. Consequently, the nail soaking bowl needs to occupy a large space during carrying, transportation, and storage, which leads to inconvenient storage and high transportation and packaging costs.

Therefore, a nail soaking bowl that occupies a small space during carrying, transportation, and storage, is easy to store, and has low transportation and packaging costs needs to be designed.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

In view of the defects and shortcomings of the prior art, an objective of the disclosure is to provide a nail soaking bowl, so as to solve at least one of the above technical problems. The nail soaking bowl has advantages of occupation of a small space during carrying, transportation, and storage, easy storage, and low transportation and packaging costs.

To achieve the above objective, the disclosure provides a nail soaking bowl, including a bowl body, where the bowl body includes a bowl edge, a bowl wall, and a bowl bottom that are connected sequentially from top to bottom; and the bowl wall is provided with a plurality of folding annular portions, and a thickness of each of the folding annular portions is less than a thickness of any other position of the bowl wall, so that the bowl wall can be folded and expanded along the folding annular portions.

Optionally, the bowl body is made of silica gel; and the bowl wall includes an inner wall and an outer wall that are spaced apart; and a position of the outer wall that is corresponding to the folding annular portion is an inner concave annular groove, a position of the inner wall that is corresponding to the folding annular portion is an outer convex annular groove, and a concave bottom of the inner concave annular groove is disposed opposite to a convex top of the outer convex annular groove.

Optionally, cross-sections of the inner concave annular groove and the outer convex annular groove are roughly V-shaped, and the V-shaped spires of the inner concave annular groove and the outer convex annular groove are in an arc-shaped transition.

Optionally, the plurality of folding annular portions include a first folding annular portion, a second folding annular portion, and a third folding annular portion that are arranged from top to bottom, and an outer diameter of the second folding annular portion>an outer diameter of the first folding annular portion>an outer diameter of the third folding annular portion.

Optionally, a periphery of the bowl body is petal-shaped.

Optionally, the inner wall of the bowl bottom is provided with a hand support portion that is arced upward and is configured to support a palm.

Optionally, a front part of the hand support portion is separated by an isolated protrusion to form a sunken area for placing each finger independently.

Optionally, a material reduction cavity with an upward bulge is formed at the bottom of the bowl bottom, and a shape thereof matches a shape of the hand support portion.

Optionally, stiffeners that are arranged vertically and horizontally are formed on a surface of the material reduction cavity.

Optionally, the bowl edge is provided with hanging lugs.

Compared with the prior art, this application has the following advantage:

Because the bowl wall of the nail soaking bowl is provided with a plurality of folding annular portions, and the thickness of each of the folding annular portions is less than the thickness of any other position of the bowl wall, the bowl wall can be folded and expanded along the folding annular portions. In this way, when the nail soaking bowl needs to be carried, transported, or stored, the nail soaking bowl can be folded along the folding annular portions to reduce its volume, so that it can have the advantages of occupation of a small space, easy storage, and low transportation and packaging costs. In addition, the nail soaking bowl can be expanded along the folding annular portions for use.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To describe technical solutions in embodiments of the disclosure or in the conventional technology more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanying drawings needed for describing embodiments or the conventional technology. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following descriptions merely show embodiments of the disclosure, and those of ordinary skill in the art can still derive other drawings from provided accompanying drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is an axonometric view from a perspective according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an axonometric view from another perspective according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a side view according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a top view according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along a line A-A in FIG. 4; and

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a position B in FIG. 5.

DESCRIPTIONS OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

• • 100: nail soaking bowl;
  • 1: bowl body; 10: bowl edge; 20: bowl wall; 21: inner wall; a: outer convex annular groove; 22: outer wall; b: inner concave annular groove; 30: bowl bottom;
  • 4: folding annular portion; 41: a first folding annular portion; 42: a second folding annular portion; 43: a third folding annular portion;
  • 5: hand support portion; 51: isolated protrusion; 52: sunken area;
  • c: material reduction cavity; and
  • 6: stiffener.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

The following clearly and completely describes technical solutions in embodiments of the disclosure with reference to accompanying drawings in embodiments of the disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are only some embodiments rather than all of the embodiments of the disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the disclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the scope of protection of the disclosure.

It should be noted that the terms such as “center”, “longitudinal”, “horizontal”, “up”, “down”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer”, “back”, “side”, “circumferential” and the like in the disclosure indicate an orientation or a position relationship based on an orientation or a position relationship shown in the accompanying drawings, and are merely intended to facilitate description of the disclosure and simplify description of the disclosure, but do not indicate or imply that a specified apparatus or element must have a specific orientation and be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, which therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the disclosure. In addition, the terms “first” and “second” are only used to distinguish multiple parts or structures with the same or similar structure, and do not indicate any special limitation on an arrangement order or a connection relationship.

Refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6. An embodiment of the disclosure provides a nail soaking bowl 100 configured to soak a nail before making up the nail or before removing the nail makeup. The nail soaking bowl 100 includes: a bowl body 1. The bowl body 1 is a container that is roughly in the shape of a bowl. The bowl body 1 includes a bowl edge 10, a bowl wall 20, and a bowl bottom 30 that are connected sequentially from top to bottom. The bowl wall 20 is provided with three folding annular portions 4, and a thickness of each of the folding annular portions 4 is less than a thickness of any other position of the bowl wall 20, so that the bowl wall 20 can be folded and expanded along the folding annular portions 4. Certainly, in some other embodiments, the bowl wall 20 is configured with one, two, four, five, or more folding annular portions 4; and a specific quantity of the folding annular portions 4 needs to be determined based on a size of the bowl body 1 and a compression effect that needs to be achieved, and no specific limitation is imposed herein. That the thickness of each of the folding annular portions 4 is less than the thickness of any other position of the bowl wall 20 means that the thickness of each of the folding annular portions 4 of the bowl wall 20 is less than the thickness of the area of the bowl wall 20 that is between the folding annular portions 4.

In this way, when the nail soaking bowl 100 needs to be carried, transported, or stored, the nail soaking bowl 100 can be folded along the folding annular portions 4 to reduce its volume, so that it can have the advantages of occupation of a small space, easy storage, and low transportation and packaging costs. In addition, the nail soaking bowl 100 can be expanded along the folding annular portions 4 for use.

To facilitate compression and improve the safety of the nail soaking bowl 100, optionally, refer to FIG. 3, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6. In this embodiment, the bowl body 1 of the nail soaking bowl 100 is made of silica gel. Specifically, the nail soaking bowl 100 can be integrally formed by using silica gel through hot pressing.

This bowl wall 20 includes an inner wall 21 and an outer wall 22, and the inner wall 21 and the outer wall 22 are spaced apart. A position of the outer wall 22 that is corresponding to the folding annular portion 4 is an inner concave annular groove b, and a position of the inner wall 21 that is corresponding to the folding annular portion 4 is an outer convex annular groove a, and a concave bottom of the inner concave annular groove b is disposed opposite to a convex top of the outer convex annular groove a. In this way, the thickness of each of the folding annular portions 4 of the bowl wall 20 can be less than the thickness of any other position of the bowl wall 20, so that the bowl wall 20 can be folded and expanded along the folding annular portions 4.

Optionally, refer to FIG. 6. In this embodiment, cross-sections of the inner concave annular groove b and the outer convex annular groove a are roughly V-shaped, and the V-shaped spires of the inner concave annular groove b and the outer convex annular groove a are in an arc-shaped transition. Certainly, in some other embodiments, the cross-sections of the inner concave annular groove b and the outer convex annular groove a can also be roughly U-shaped, and no specific limitation is imposed.

Optionally, refer to FIG. 3. In this embodiment, the plurality of folding annular portions 4 include a first folding annular portion 41, a second folding annular portion 42, and a third folding annular portion 43 that are arranged from top to bottom, and an outer diameter of the second folding annular portion 42>an outer diameter of the first folding annular portion 41>an outer diameter of the third folding annular portion 43. In this way, the nail soaking bowl 100 can be folded three times along the first folding annular portion 41, the second folding annular portion 42, and the third folding annular portion 43, so as to reduce the thickness of the folded nail soaking bowl 100.

To enhance aesthetics of the nail soaking bowl 100, optionally, refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4. In this embodiment, a periphery of the bowl body 1 is petal-shaped. Certainly, in other embodiments, the periphery of the bowl body 1 may alternatively be in other shapes such as heart-shaped, round, oval, and polygonal, and no limitation is imposed herein.

To make the palm more comfortable during nail soaking, optionally, refer to FIG. 1. In this embodiment, the inner wall 21 of the bowl bottom 30 is provided with a hand support portion 5 that is arced upward and that is configured to support the palm. In this way, when the palm is placed on the hand support portion 5 for nail soaking, the shape of the palm matches the shape of the hand support portion 5, so that the palm is more comfortable and relaxing.

To better soak the nail of each finger, optionally, refer to FIG. 1. In this embodiment, a front part of the hand support portion 5 is separated by an isolated protrusion 51 to form a sunken area 52 for placing each finger independently. Specifically, the front part of the hand support portion 5 is separated by four isolated protrusions 51 to form five sunken areas 52 for placing each finger independently.

To save the material used for manufacturing the nail soaking bowl 100 and make the nail soaking bowl 100 lighter, optionally, refer to FIG. 2. In this embodiment, a material reduction cavity c with an upward bulge is formed at the bottom of the bowl bottom 30, and a shape thereof matches a shape of the hand support portion 5.

To increase the supporting strength of the hand support portions 5 of the nail soaking bowl 100, optionally, refer to FIG. 2. In this embodiment, stiffeners 6 that are arranged vertically and horizontally are formed on a surface of the material reduction cavity c.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the bowl edge 10 is provided with hanging lugs (not shown in the figure). In this way, when not in use, the nail soaking bowl 100 can also be hung and stored through lugholes of the hanging lugs.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merely intended for describing the technical solutions of this application other than limiting this application. Although this application is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that they may still make modifications to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent replacements to some or all technical features thereof, without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application.