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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Applicant:
Richard Hardy, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Richard Hardy, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dental floss holder. The dental floss holder includes a body having a spool case for holding a length of dental floss, a cover for the spool case, a neck extending from the spool case along a first axis, and first and second fingers extending outward from said neck at an arcuate angle. In an embodiment, the fingers may be parallel. A manually engageable clamp is provided with threaded fastener that engages a threaded nut having a compressing flange, so that the compressing flange works against a land provided on the outside of the cover. A pivot post is provided to prevent dental floss from becoming entangled with the threads of the fastener.