Gripping element floss
AssigneeSacks Holdings, Inc.
InventorDevin S. Chodorow
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Abstract
Embodiments of a floss strip and methods of using the same are disclosed herein. The floss strip can include a flossing filament. The flossing filament can have a first end and a second end. The flossing strip can include a first anchor coupled to the flossing filament at the first end of the flossing filament. The flossing strip can include a second anchor coupled to the flossing filament at the second end of the flossing filament. The flossing filament can couple the first and second anchors. The flossing strip can include a tensioning member attached to the flossing filament at an intermediate location between the first anchor and the second anchor.
Claims20
A floss strip for oral hygiene, the floss strip comprising:
- a flossing filament comprising a first end, and a second end;
- a first anchor coupled to the flossing filament at the first end of the flossing filament;
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- a second anchor coupled to the flossing filament at the second end of the flossing filament, the second anchor being a unitary member, the flossing filament coupling the first and second anchors, each of the first anchor and the second anchor comprising:
- a gripping portion comprising:
- a first end;
- a top;
- an opposing bottom;
- a first edge extending between the top and the bottom;
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- an opposing second edge extending between the top and the bottom, a distance between the top and the bottom defining a thickness of the gripping portion and a distance between the first edge and the second edge defining a width of the gripping portion, wherein the width of the gripping portion is greater than the thickness of the gripping portion;
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- a tensioning portion attached to the flossing filament and having a coupling portion, a second end, a tensioning width, and a tensioning thickness, the tensioning portion flexibly coupled to the gripping portion at the coupling portion, the tensioning portion configured to tension the flossing filament in a mouth of a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.