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US 11,589,968 B2Granted
Hybrid dental device
AssigneeSacks Holdings, Inc.
InventorsDevin S. Chodorow, Ingram S. Chodorow
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Abstract
A hybrid dental tool is disclosed herein. The hybrid dental tool includes a flossing head and a handle portion. The flossing head can include a filament stretching between the leading arm and a trailing arm. The flossing head can be connected to the handle portion. The handle portion can include features that can receive and retain a pick. The pick can be a soft pick or a hard pick. The handle portion can further include an integrated pick that can be located at a free end of the handle portion.
Claims20
A dental flosser comprising:
- a flossing head comprising a front comprising a leading arm, a back comprising a trailing arm, and a link arm connecting the leading arm and the trailing arm, the flossing head having a length extending from the front to the back, and a flossing-head-thickness;
- a handle comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end connected to the flossing head, the handle extending from the flossing head obliquely to each of the leading arm, the trailing arm, and the link arm, the handle having a handle-height and a handle-thickness, wherein the handle-height varies between the proximal end and the distal end, the handle comprising a pick extending from the distal end of the handle;
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- a stability feature extending on at least a portion of a top of the flossing head, the top of the flossing head located on at least a portion of a top of the link arm, the stability feature having a stability-feature-thickness, wherein the stability-feature-thickness is greater than the flossing-head-thickness, and wherein the stability-feature-thickness is greater than the handle-thickness, wherein the stability-feature-thickness tapers.
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A dental flosser comprising:
- a flossing head comprising a front comprising a leading arm, a back comprising a trailing arm, and a link arm connecting the leading arm and the trailing arm, the flossing head having a length extending from the front to the back, and a flossing-head-thickness;
- a handle comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end connected to the flossing head, the handle extending from the flossing head obliquely to each of the leading arm, the trailing arm, and the link arm, the handle having a handle-height and a handle-thickness, wherein the handle-height varies between the proximal end and the distal end, the handle comprising a pick extending from the distal end of the handle;
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- a stability feature extending on at least a portion of a top of the flossing head, the top of the flossing head located on at least a portion of a top of the link arm, the stability feature having a stability-feature-thickness, wherein the stability-feature-thickness is greater than the flossing-head-thickness, and wherein the stability-feature-thickness is greater than the handle-thickness, wherein the stability feature defines an S-curve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.