Cutting device for dental floss
AssigneeGore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
InventorJohn Dolan
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Abstract
A device for severing and restraining dental floss that has a blade with a restraining side and a cutting side, which can be formed by slanting the blade or otherwise providing a narrow pinching portion on one side of the blade to restrain the floss.
Claims5
A device for severing and restraining a filament comprising a base having a restraining portion and a blade extending from said base, said blade having a first edge adjacent to said restraining portion of said base to form a pinching element adapted to restrain said filament between said first edge and said restraining portion and a second edge adapted to sever said filament.
A dental floss dispenser comprising a housing, a spool of dental floss disposed within said housing, and a device for severing and restraining said dental floss mounted on said housing, said device comprising a base having a restraining portion and a blade extending from said base, said blade having a first edge adjacent to said restraining portion of said base to form a pinching element adapted to restrain said filament between said first edge and said restraining portion and a second edge adapted to sever said filament.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.