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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Casper W Chiang, Danville, CA (US);
Edgardo G Zapanta, San Bruno, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gillette Canada Inc., Kirkland, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206 635 ; 206409 ; 132325 ; 225 47 ; 225 89 ;
Abstract
A dental floss dispenser is provided comprising a molded plastic housing which may be disassembled by the user to change the position of a removable cutting edge for the floss to one of two mounting positions within the housing. When the cutting edge is mounted in one mounting position, the dispensing and cutting of the thread is convenient for a right-handed user and when it is mounted in the other mounting position, the dispensing and cutting of the floss is convenient for a left-handed user.