Tooth cleaning device

• US 3,106,216 A
• Filed: 07/14/1961
• Issued: 10/08/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James B. Kirby
• Original Assignee: James B. Kirby
• Inventors: Kirby, James B.
• Application Number:
  US04/124,166
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• US Class Current: 132/326
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 15/02 Toothpicks
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 15/046 Flossing tools

Claims

1. IN A TOOTH CLEANING DEVICE OF THE TYPE HAVING A DENTAL FLOSS HOLDER PROVIDED WITH A BODY PORTION, SPACED FLOSS SUPPORTING ARMS PROJECTING FROM SAID BODY PORTION AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND HOLDING TAUT A STRAND OF DENTAL FLOSS EXTENDING ACROSS THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID ARMS AND SPACED FROM SAID BODY PORTION FOR ENTRY BETWEEN TEETH, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES A FLEXIBLE AND ELASTIC TOOTH CLEANING AND GUM MASSAGING PICK THAT IS ATTACHED AT ITS OUTER END TO ONE OF SAID ARMS INDEPENDENTLY OF THE FLOSS STRAND AND INWARDLY THEREOF, THAT EXTENDS TOWARD THE OTHER ARM, THAT HAS ITS AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR WITH SAID STRAND, THAT TAPERS TO A POINT THAT IS DISPOSED CLOSELY ADJACENT SAID STRAND AND AT A DISTANCE FROM THE SAID OTHER ARM TO PROVIDE A LENGTH OF STRAND BEYOND SAID POINT FOR ENTRY BETWEEN TEETH AND FOR GUIDING SAID PICK INTO A SPACE BETWEEN TEETH INTO WHICH SAID STRAND HAS BEEN INSERTED.