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US 9,848,966 B2Granted
Hybrid dental device
AssigneeSacks Holdings, Inc.
InventorsDevin S. Chodorow, Ingram S. Chodorow
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Abstract
A hybrid dental tool is disclosed herein. The hybrid dental tool includes a flossing head and a handle portion. The flossing head can include a filament stretching between the leading arm and a trailing arm. The flossing head can be connected to the handle portion. The handle portion can include features that can receive and retain a pick. The pick can be a soft pick or a hard pick. The handle portion can further include an integrated pick that can be located at a free end of the handle portion.
Claims9
A hybrid dental device comprising:
- a pick comprising a shaft and a cone-shaped cleaner;
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- a flosser having a front and a back, the flosser comprising:
- a flossing portion;
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- a handle comprising:
- a pick depression on the front of the flosser, wherein the pick depression is configured to receive the shaft and the cleaner of the pick;
- a pick retainer on the front of the flosser, wherein the pick retainer is configured to retain the pick within the pick depression, wherein the pick retainer comprises:
- a channel configured to receive a portion of the pick;
- a covering extending entirely across a length of the channel;
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- wherein the handle defines a retention opening extending from the back of the flosser into the pick retainer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.