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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Adrian Hart, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gillette Canada, Inc., Kirkland, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
132323 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a flosser-type tooth cleaning device comprised of a handle, a holder affixed to an end of the handle comprised of two protruding arm members positioned at least parallel to each other, and a strand of dental floss which is drawn between the arms and anchored at the distal end of each arm, wherein of these several tooth cleaning device may be non-permanently held together forming an inter-locking stack. The flossers of the present invention may be held non-permanently in a stacked configuration by way of a friction fit or a snap-lock mechanism.