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US 2004/0163666 A1Published application
Dental floss device with a stackable dental floss holder
AssigneeMcNeil-PPC, Inc.
InventorsHarold Ochs, Emanuel Morano
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Abstract
An improved dental floss device, a stackable dental floss holder, and a handle for receiving the dental floss holder are disclosed.
Claims16
A dental floss holder comprising a base portion and a pair of spaced-apart arms extending therefrom;
- a length of dental floss being secured between the distal ends of said arms;
- said base portion comprising a first lateral side and a second lateral side;
- each lateral side comprising at least one protrusion and at least one indentation spaced laterally therefrom.
A handle for receiving a dental floss holder in releasable frictional engagement, said handle comprising an elongated gripping portion and a head portion;
- said head portion extending generally transversely of said gripping portion;
- said head portion comprising a generally U-shaped channel comprising a floor and two spaced-apart walls;
- a first of said two walls comprising at least one indentation and at least one protrusion spaced therefrom;
- and said second of said two walls comprising at least one protrusion and at least one indentation spaced therefrom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.