Dental floss holder
OwnerKuang-Hsing Wei, Kuang-Hung Weiinventors
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Abstract
A dental floss holder for securely fastening one end of a dental floss instead of winding it around a finger includes a pair of jaws, two mating surfaces, and a locking member. The dental floss is retained between the jaws. One of the mating surfaces is formed on one jaw and the other mating surface on the other jaw. The locking member locks the jaws tightly such that there is substantially no gap or space between the mating surfaces so that the mating surfaces abut against each other closely to fasten the dental floss. The locking member and the jaws also comprise mating surfaces to be able to securely fasten the dental floss when the locking member locks both jaws.
Claims37
A dental floss holder for fastening one end of a dental floss, said holder comprising:
- a first jaw having a first internal surface thereon;
- a second jaw having a second internal surface thereon, each of said jaws adapted to be handled by fingers, whereby said jaws may be held by fingers to facilitate the retention of the floss, said surfaces being engageable to abut against each other such that the floss is fastened between said surfaces, whereby the floss is fastened in a manner selected from a range from substantially longitudinally therebetween to substantially transversely therebetween;
- and
- locking means for locking said jaws together so that when said jaws are locked together by said locking means, the floss is fastened between said surfaces, whereby when the floss is fastened between said surfaces, said holder having the floss fastened therein is manipulated by a hand in lieu of winding the floss around a finger for teeth cleaning.
A dental floss holder for fastening one end of a dental floss, said holder comprising:
- a first jaw;
- a second jaw, each of said jaws adapted to be handled by fingers, whereby said jaws may be held by fingers to facilitate the retention of the floss;
- two internal surfaces, one of said surfaces formed on said first jaw and the other of said surfaces formed on said second jaw, said surfaces being engageable to abut against each other to fasten the floss therebetween, whereby the floss is fastened in a manner including at least one of the following:
- substantially longitudinally therebetween and substantially transversely therebetween;
- and
- locking means for locking said jaws together so that when said jaws are locked together by said locking means, the floss is fastened between said surfaces, whereby when the floss is fastened between said surfaces, said holder having the floss fastened therein is manipulated by a hand in lieu of winding the floss around a finger for teeth cleaning.
A dental floss device for fastening a length of dental floss, said device comprising:
- two separate dental floss holders, each of said holders for fastening each end of the floss, at least one of said holders comprising:
- a first jaw having a first internal surface thereon;
- a second jaw having a second internal surface thereon, each of said jaws adapted to be handled by fingers, whereby said jaws may be held by fingers to retain the floss, said surfaces being engageable to abut against each other such that the floss is fastened therebetween, whereby the floss is fastened in a manner including at least one of the following:
- substantially longitudinally therebetween and substantially transversely therebetween;
- and
- locking means for locking said jaws together so that when said jaws are locked together by said locking means, one end of the floss is fastened between said surfaces, whereby when each end of the floss is fastened in each of said holders, each of said holders having the floss fastened therein is manipulated by each hand in a spaced apart relationship for teeth cleaning.
A method of fastening one end of a dental floss in a dental floss holder, which comprises the steps of:
- retaining one end of the floss between a first internal surface of a first jaw and a second internal surface of a second jaw of said holder, whereby the floss is retained in a manner including at least one of the following:
- substantially longitudinally therebetween and substantially transversely therebetween;
- and
- locking said jaws together so that said surfaces engageably abut against each other to fasten the floss between said surfaces, whereby when the floss is fastened between said surfaces, said holder having the floss fastened therein is manipulated by a hand in lieu of winding the floss around a finger for teeth cleaning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.