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TOOTHPICK DEVICE

  • US 3,672,378 A
  • Filed: 05/05/1971
  • Issued: 06/27/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A toothpick device for removing food particles and the like from between adjacent teeth, said toothpick device including in combination;

  • a picking end and a handle connected thereto, said picking end having a triangular cross-section with at least two of the walls of the triangle being concave and curved generally complementary to the curvature of said teeth, said two walls being substantially equal in length with the third wall of said triangle being shorter, and said picking end being tapered along the body thereof to a generally blunt free end for easy entry between said teeth without injury to the gum and said handle including first and second portions, said first portion being cylindrically shaped for easy rotation about its longitudinal axis in the fingers of a user to rotate said picking end to a first position for insertion of the free end thereof into the interdental spaces of the upper teeth and to a second position rotated substantially 180* about said axis for insertion into the interdental spaces of the lower teeth and the second portion having a generally rectangular cross-section with flat side wall surfaces extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of said cylindrically shaped portion for holding the toothpick device securely between the fingers subsequent to the insertion of the free end of the picking end between the teeth while probing therebetween.

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