Dispenser for dental floss

A dispenser for dental floss comprising:

• a closed container having a reel of dental floss disposed therein, said container having a generally planar back face, a generally planar front face, a pair of opposed side faces, a bottom face, and a top face opposed to said bottom face;
• a hub centrally located in the interior of the closed container and extending between the interior surfaces of said front and back faces, in the region occupied by said hub, and a reel of dental floss being mounted for rotation about said hub when said dental floss is unwound and removed from said reel;
• a slot formed in said top face near a first corner of said container, through which slot a strand of dental floss extends so as to be unwound from said reel;
• a channel formed at a second corner of said container at the intersection of said top face and a second side face, said channel extending between said top face and said second side face;
• and
• adhesive means on the substantially planar back face, whereby a dental floss dispenser may be adhesively mounted to a mounting surface;
• wherein said friction and cutting member is secured in place within said channel;
• wherein said channel extends through said second ridge at said second corner;
• a friction and cutting member comprising a tongue portion which is angled away from a base portion thereof, and being secured in place at a second corner of said container at the intersection of said top face and a second side face;
• wherein said top face is concave on a centrally located axis extending between said back face and said front face, the concavity thereof being defined by ridges located at said first and second corners;
• and
• wherein said slot is located in a first ridge at said first corner.