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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2008
Douglas Hohlbein, Pennington, NJ (US);
Alan Sorrentino, Cranbury, NJ (US);
James Herbert Kemp, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Emily Fink, New York, NY (US);
Douglas Hohlbein, Pennington, NJ (US);
Alan Sorrentino, Cranbury, NJ (US);
James Herbert Kemp, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Emily Fink, New York, NY (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An oral hygiene device is provided having a head and a handle. The handle is configured to accommodate a user's hand grip when the head is inserted into a user's mouth. The head is further configured to accommodate, at a distal end of the handle, a proximal end of the head. One of the head and the handle is provided with a cavity configured to receive a supply of floss. The cavity becomes accessible when the head and the handle are at least partially detached from one another.