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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2000
Robert G. Dickie, Newmarket, CA;
Abstract
A dispenser for dental floss comprises a closed container having a reel of dental floss disposed therein, and having a generally planar back face, a front face, a pair of opposed side faces, a top face, a bottom face opposed to the top face, and a corner at each intersection of the top and bottom faces with the pair of opposed side faces. A hub is centrally located in the interior of the closed container and extends between the interior surfaces of the front and back faces. The reel of dental floss is mounted for rotation about the hub. There is an opening in the front face at a first corner, through which a strand of dental floss extends so as to be unwound from the reel; and a friction and cutting member is at a second corner of the front face. The friction and cutting member comprises a tongue portion which is angled away from a base portion, and is secured in place at the second corner of the front face. The front face is concave on an axis extending between a pair of diagonally opposed corners of the container, the concavity being defined by ridges formed in the front face at the first corner, and at a diagonally opposed corner. A C-shaped chute is formed at the second corner, and is positioned such that the dental floss extends from the opening at the first corner through the C-shaped chute located at the second corner.