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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2003
Applicants:
Richard L. Baillie, Newark, DE (US);
James H. Chastain, Cottonwood, AZ (US);
John W. Dolan, Wilmington, DE (US);
William Hammond Wiley, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Richard L. Baillie, Newark, DE (US);
James H. Chastain, Cottonwood, AZ (US);
John W. Dolan, Wilmington, DE (US);
William Hammond Wiley, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dental floss comprising a porous PTFE fiber having a density of less than about 0.7 g/cc. The inventive floss is abrasion resistant, grippable and has a soft feel to the hands and a rough feel in the mouth. The floss is made by an extrusion process with non-contact heating during subsequent expansion with amorphous locking.