Dental floss holder and dispenser

• US 3,311,116 A
• Filed: 11/20/1964
• Issued: 03/28/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Talmadge E. Foster
• Original Assignee: Talmadge E. Foster
• Inventors: Foster, Talmadge E.
• Application Number:
  US04/412,753
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• US Class Current: 132/326
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 15/046 Flossing tools

Claims

1. IN A DEVICE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, A BODY INCLUDING A HEAD PORTION WITH FIRST AND SECOND HANDLE PORTIONS EXTENDING THEREFROM;

A CAVITY FORMED IN THE FIRST HANDLE PORTION;

A SEPARABLE CAPSULE REMOVABLY INSERTED IN SAID CAVITY;

A DENTAL FLOSS PASSAGE THROUGH THE INNER WALL OF THE FIRST HANDLE COMMUNICATING WITH THE CAVITY;

A DENTAL FLOSS PASSAGE THROUGH THE WALL OF THE CAPSULE COMMUNICATING WITH THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE WALL OF THE FIRST HANDLE;

A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL INWARDLY DIRECTED PRONGS ON THE END OF THE HEAD PORTION;

A FIRST DIAGONALLY DISPOSED CHANNEL EXTENDING ALONG THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE BODY AND TERMINATING AT THE INNER EDGE OF THE FIRST HANDLE PORTION;

ALIGNED SLOTS ON THE INNER ENDS OF THE PRONGS;

A SECOND DIAGONALLY DISPOSED CHANNEL EXTENDING ALONG THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE BODY AND TERMINATING AT THE INNER EDGE OF THE SECOND HANDLE PORTION, EACH OF SAID CHANNELS COMMUNICATING WITH ONE OF THE SLOTS IN THE ENDS OF THE PRONGS;

SPRING MEANS NORMALLY URGING THE HANDLE PORTIONS APART SO THAT THE HANDLES MAY BE MOVED TOGETHER TO GRIPPINGLY ENGAGE DENTAL FLOSS EXTENDED THROUGH THE CHANNELS AND SLOTS AND BETWEEN THE HANDLE PORTIONS, AND WHEN RELEASED WILL MOVE APART BY SPRING ACTION TO RELEASE THE DENTAL FLOSS.