Animated dental floss dispenser

An animated dental floss dispenser comprising:

• a hollow housing displaying an animated character through an opening therein;
• said character having a mouth opening,
• a mechanism for animating said character,
• said mechanism comprising a backplate mounted behind said animated character and having a pair of sliding plates mounted thereon for opening and closing said mouth opening,
• said plates having pins extending laterally therefrom,
• a cam disk mounted adjacent said plate for moving said pins and said slide plates in a predetermined direction,
• said cam disk comprising a prong for engaging a piece of floss passing thereover for rotation of said cam disk upon predetermined movement of said floss, and
• a spool of floss mounted adjacent said cam disk,
• said housing having a slot extending therethrough,
• whereby when a piece of the floss from said spool is fed over said prong and through said slot and is pulled toward one end of said slot, said cam disk causes movement of said slide plates relative to each other in one direction and when the piece of floss is pulled toward the other end of said slot, said cam disk causes relative movement of said slide plates in the other direction to open and close said mouth opening of said animated character.