Dental floss holder
US4016892A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 24, 1974 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61C15/043
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention is a dental flossing device comprising a segment or strand of dental floss with two gripping means or grippers secured to the segment and spaced apart approximately three and a half inches. Preferably the grippers are small, flat tablet-like elements, having dimensions suitable to be gripped between two fingers of a user's hand; such grippers may be injection molded directly around or onto the floss. In manufacture, very long strands of dental floss will have such grippers secured along their length at selected intervals, and then packaged in a dispenser which allows removal from the long strand, of a single segment with two spaced grippers.
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