Dental floss dispenser

• US 4,844,104 A
• Filed: 06/24/1988
• Issued: 07/04/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James Martin
• Original Assignee: James Martin
• Inventors: Martin, James
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/211,440
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: 132/321, 132/323, 132/324
• US Class Current: 132/321
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 15/043 Containers, dispensers, or the like, e.g. with cutting means A61C15/046 takes precedence

Abstract

A dental floss dispenser that includes a body having a cavity for holding a spool of the dental floss and a cover removably mounted on the body providing access to the cavity. There is an outlet hole in the body member for pulling therethrough the string of the dental floss. There are a series of side-by-side slots in walls of the body that extend across the top wall and a longitudinal cutting edge on a knife located within the body is exposed in respective ones of the slots.

Claims

1. A floss dispenser comprising:

a. a body having a cavity for holding a spool of dental floss;

b. a cover removably mounted on said body providing access to the cavity for replacing a spent spool of dental floss;

c. an outlet hole in the body member for pulling therethrough a string of dental floss on a spool in the cavity;

d. a series of side-by-side slots in walls of the body and extending from one side wall to the other; and

e. a blade located within said body and having a longitudinal cutting edge exposed in respective ones of said slots.

2. A dental floss dispenser as defined in claim 1 wherein said cutting edge is spaced downwardly from an upper edge of the body member.

3. A dental floss dispenser as defined in claim 1 wherein said grooves extend from one to the other of a pair of opposite side walls and across the top wall and wherein the cutting edge of the blade is located at a position spaced downwardly from said top wall.

4. A dental floss dispenser as defined in claim 1 including a mounting base detachably connected to the body of the dispenser.

5. A dental floss dispenser as defined in claim 1 wherein the cavity for the spool of dental floss has means therein for journaling a spool of dental floss for rotation.

6. A dispenser as defined in claim 5 wherein said cover comprises a cap member at least partially insertable into an aperture into a wall of the body.