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US 12,569,322 B2Granted
Flosser attachment for dental tool
AssigneeOnvi III, LLC
InventorCraig Kohler
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Abstract
A dental flosser includes a flosser member configured to secure a piece of dental floss. The flosser member includes a shoulder portion comprising a hinge and two arms coupled to the shoulder portion, each arm configured to secure a respective end of the piece of dental floss. The flosser also includes an adjustment body coupled to the flosser member, whereby linear movement of the adjustment body causes the flosser member arms to articulate about the hinge.
Claims12
A dental flosser comprising:
- a flosser member configured to secure a piece of dental floss, the flosser member comprising:
- two arms extending in parallel from a base, where the base extends between proximal ends of the two arms, the base has a hinged portion formed at a central portion thereof and first and second lateral portions adjacent the hinged portion, the first lateral portion having a first connection feature, the second lateral portion having a second connection feature;
- each arm of the two arms is configured to secure a respective end of the piece of dental floss;
- wherein an axis of rotation defined by the hinge is generally parallel with the arms;
- an adjustment body coupled to the flosser member, wherein the adjustment body is an elongated body with an actuator at a proximal end thereof and third and fourth connection features provided at a distal end thereof which couple to the first and second connection features, respectively;
- wherein the first and second connection features are protrusions and the third and fourth connection features are apertures, or the first and second connection features are apertures and the third and fourth connection features are protrusions;
- whereby linear movement of the actuator results in linear movement of the elongated body and the third and fourth connection features which push or pull the first and second connection features in the longitudinal direction to fold the arms about the hinged portion.
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A dental tool comprising:
- a main body portion comprising a light source;
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- a flosser member coupled with the main body portion, configured to secure a piece of dental floss, the flosser member comprising:
- two arms extending in parallel from a base, where the base extends between proximal ends of the two arms, the base has a hinged portion formed at a central portion thereof and first and second lateral portions adjacent the hinged portion, the first lateral portion having a first connection feature, the second lateral portion having a second connection feature;
- wherein each arm of the two arms is configured to secure a respective end of the piece of dental floss;
- wherein an axis of rotation defined by the hinge is generally parallel with the arms;
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- an adjustment body coupled to the flosser member, wherein the adjustment body is an elongated body with an actuator at a proximal end thereof and third and fourth connection features provided at a distal end thereof which couple to the first and second connection features, respectively,
- wherein the first and second connection features are protrusions and the third and fourth connection features are apertures, or the first and second connection features are apertures and the third and fourth connection features are protrusions;
- whereby linear movement of the actuator results in linear movement of the elongated body and third and fourth connection features which push or pull the first and second connection features in the longitudinal direction to fold the arms about the hinged portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.