Hybrid dental tool with detachable picks
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 flosser having a flossing head. The flossing head can include a filament stretching between the first arm and a second arm. The flossing head can include a pick receptacle. The hybrid dental tool can further include a pick that has a first end and a second end. The pick can be sized and shaped to fit within the pick receptacle such that the first and second ends are protected. The pick can releasably connect with the flossing head to allow the separation of the pick from the flossing head.
Claims20
A dental device comprising:
- a first arm extending in a first direction from a link arm;
- a second arm comprising first and second portions separated by an empty space, each of the first and second portions extending in the first direction from the link arm;
- a third arm extending in the first direction from the link arm;
- a first filament extending from a first point of extension on the first arm to a second point of extension on the first portion of the second arm, and wherein the first filament is directly molded to the first portion of the second arm;
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- a second filament extending from a third point of extension on the second portion of the second arm to a fourth point of extension on the third arm, and wherein the second filament is directly molded to the second portion of the second arm.
A method of manufacturing a dental device comprising:
- forming a flossing head around a single filament, wherein the flossing head comprises:
- a first arm extending in a first direction from a link arm;
- a second arm comprising first and second portions separated by an empty space, each of the first and second portions extending in the first direction from the link arm;
- a third arm extending in the first direction from the link arm;
- a first filament extending from a first point of extension on the first arm to a second point of extension on the first portion of the second arm, wherein the first and second points of extension define a first line, and wherein the first filament is directly molded to the first portion of the second arm;
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- a second filament extending from a third point of extension on the second portion of the second arm to a fourth point of extension on the third arm, wherein the third and fourth points of extension define a second line, and wherein the second filament is directly molded to the second portion of the second arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.