Having thread holder (e.g., flossing implement)

A Dental Flosser is described wherein an elongated handle is provided at one end with a bifurcated flosser head including a pair of downwardly extending, spaced and curved arms having concaved and notched extremities to receive a length of dental floss and at the opposite end with the usual tufts of...     

Apparatus for holding and storing a spool of dental floss includes first and second generally planar arms mounted on a handle. Each of the arms include first and second sections fixed to each other at an angle which is greater than 90.degree..

A dental floss applicator having an elongate base member with one end portion forming a handle and diverging fingers or extenders at the other end forming a U-shaped structure with a finger spacing permitting the receiving of a person's molar tooth therebetween. The fingers have open slots or recesses...     

A pair of protruding parts extend from one end of an elongated handle in spaced parallel relation. Dental floss is releasably affixed to the protruding parts and extends tautly therebetween.

A disposable device for removing plaque and food debris from tooth surfaces, has a handle portion and a bow portion across which a length of dental floss is maintained, the floss, bow, and handle being an integral unit; and the method of manufacturing this complete device in essentially a single operation...     

The invention is a dental flossing device comprising a segment or strand of dental floss with two gripping means or grippers secured to the segment and spaced apart approximately three and a half inches. Preferably the grippers are small, flat tablet-like elements, having dimensions suitable to be gripped...     

A dental floss holder comprises a substantially rectangular body having a U-shaped cut out with a pair of spaced protruding legs at one end between which the dental floss is strung. In one embodiment, the body portion includes a first pair of opposed slots at an intermediate location and a second pair...     

An improved dental floss holder for simplifying and improving personal dental hygiene. The improvement comprises a cog and tooth structure whereby the strip of dental floss may be angularly oriented by the user to facilitate placement of the floss between each of his tooth pairs. This angular orientation...     

A needle for leading dental floss or other fibrous material through narrow apertures. A curved substantially rigid needle is provided with an eye having resilient, deformable sides for temporary expansion of the eye for ease of threading and for temporary compression in passing through narrow apertures.

A flossing device is provided having a handle with a pair of resilient arms. Fingers extend from the arms and the longitudinal axes of the fingers form an angle of between 30.degree. and 180.degree. with each other. Each finger has a knob at its distal end. A length of flossing material is provided which...     

A holder for dental floss to be used in conjunction with a disposable cartridge on which the floss is mounted. The holder in one embodiment is an oblong handle having two spaced apart resilient substantially parallel legs which depend from a junction at one end of the handle. The one end of the handle...     

A hygienic instrument of a disposable type for use in cleaning surfaces within a person's mouth which is composed of a elongate member having a pointed end for picking the teeth and an opposite end with a foam pad or brush impregnated with a cleaning substance and including two laterally extending pegs...     

An article of manufacture for use in dental hygiene is disclosed. The device provides a leader, to which there is attached a thicker "mop" which can be comprised of a plurality of individual string members. The string members can be abrasive to enhance cleaning action. The several string members which...     

Described herein is a dental floss holder including a head for entry into a person's mouth and carrying an extended length of dental floss for entry between the user's teeth, the head being provided opposite to the dental floss with a bite member for engagement by the user's teeth to forcibly effect...     

An implement to facilitate the cleaning of teeth which takes the form of an elongated member which has at one end thereof tautly stretched thereacross a strand of dental floss. The opposite end of the elongated member is attached to a brush-like member which is to facilitate the cleaning of not only...     

An implement for holding dental floss in an operative position, in order to clean the crevices between the teeth; the implement including a U-shaped frame of flexible material, and a dental floss made into an endless loop, and which rests in a longitudinal groove around the outer side of the frame, and...     

An inexpensive disposable buccal hygenic device is disclosed. An elongated cylindrical wooden body of a generally circular cross-section is pointed at each of its ends and is of such a size that the body is comparable functionally to a conventional toothpick. The elongated body is divided transversely...     

A tool of the type using dental floss having a handle to which are joined two double-pronged members. Each member is structured to anchor two ends of a run of floss with a length of the run extending between the tips of the associated prongs. When lengths of floss are received by the two pairs of prong...     

A dental floss holder for holding a length of dental floss under tension comprises an elongated handle and a bifurcated head at one end of the handle, the bifurcated head having a pair of opposed spaced-apart resilient arms defining a gap between the terminal ends thereof. Each terminal end of the arms...     

A dental floss holder is provided which comprises a flattened, somewhat diamond-shaped resilient plastic body with a pair of laterally opposed spring arms and a central tip terminating in a grooved boss, opposite from a pointed spindle which doubles as a tie-down point for the ends of a length of floss...     

An improved dental flossing device includes an elongated handle supporting at one end a generally star-shaped floss holding head including a plurality of generally radially extending fingers disposed in a common plane extending transversely of the handle. A floss positioning groove is formed in the distal...     

A disposable dental floss applicator (10) which includes both a flexible elongate member (22) and a handle member (20) secured on one of the opposing ends (24 or 26) of the flexible elongate member (22). Dental floss (14) is placed in tensioned relation between opposing ends (24 and 26) and forms the...     

A dental floss applicator used for the removal of foreign substances lodged between the teeth as well as removal of plaque build up on all sides of a given tooth. The dental floss applicator comprises a solid rectangular shaped body fitted with a pair of adjacent end arms forming a yoke around which...     

An elongated arched support member is provided including an elevated midportion an oppositely downwardly and endwise outwardly directed inclined end portions. A section of dental floss is provided and the lower ends of the end portions include structure which anchor opposite end portions of the section...     

A dental flossing tool which is constructed to utilize the conventionally available dental floss containing containers. The tool includes a support for the container. The tool also has an elongated member which is bifurcated at its outer end. Openings are formed within the legs of the bifurcated end....     

A toothpick holder has a rod-shaped member (20) slidably located within a tubular member (30) and a nut (38) threaded on a threaded end (21) of the member (20). Rotation of the nut (38) brings an enlarged head (22) of member (20) towards a slotted end of the tubular member in a manner to apply a gripping...     

A dental hygiene device for cleaning between teeth wherein dental floss is advanced, across a span between the tines of a fork, to a motorized level-winding take-up spool. The fork is reciprocated by the motor, resulting in two-dimensional movement of the floss within the span. The moving fork is shielded...     

A disposable dental flosser comprises a resilient plastic tuning fork-like holder and a dental floss element secured under tension to the tips of the two prongs of the holder. The ends of the floss element are retained to the holder in an inexpensive yet highly effective way by using corner edge friction...     

This invention provides for devices to hold dental floss on the fingers to eliminate the need for wrapping the floss on the finger in order to use the floss. It has a substantially flat structure with a hole in it into which the finger on a user is inserted. It also has at least one prong for releasably...     

This invention is related to a tool for the dental flossing of teeth and a precut length of dental floss having gripping attachments secured to the ends of the length of floss. The precut length(s) of floss are configured so as to facilitate the gripping of the attachments by the flossing tool. The tool...     

A dental floss holder of integral, molded construction and including an elongated handle and a wishbone-shaped portion forwardly disposed at an acute angle of greater than forty five degrees to the axis of the handle. The handle is comprised of a gripping portion and a necked down portion from which...     

A dental floss holder is provided and consists of a first C-shaped floss holding head disposed at one end of a handle at a right angle and a second C-shaped floss holding head disposed at other end of the handle colinearly. The heads are inclined at 30 degrees with respect to the plane of the handle....     

The disclosure relates to a device for supporting floss and maintaining that floss with sufficient tension for use in connection with the gums and cavities in the oral cavity of the user. The device includes a handle and a carrier secured for rotatable relationship with the handle to facilitate use of...     

A dental floss holder for readily applying floss to teeth includes a pistol grip offset handle with an arm extending angularly forward of the handle top and a post extends laterally of the handle bottom, a thimble at the end of the arm is engaged by the index finger, a receiving ring is located forwardly...     

An improved dental floss holder having a comparatively inflexible elongate member supporting two flexible spaced arms at the opposing ends, and supporting an inflexible spaced arm between. A single length of commercially available dental floss is fastened near the terminal end of either flexible arm,...     

A dental flosser which has a locking mechanism that effectively prevents slippage of floss string during use. Broadly speaking, the flosser includes a body and a handle threadably joined to the body. The locking mechanism includes a bore in the body through which the floss is threaded, a shoulder on...     

A dental floss applicator comprises a fork having a pair of elongated legs projecting from an elongated handle, a container on the handle for storing a supply of dental floss, and a reel on one side of the handle for being rotated to withdraw a continuous string of dental floss under tension from the...     

The dental debris remover includes a rigid sickle-shaped frame, a puller and a floss string member. The floss string member is formed in an endless loop to create a variety of configurations for more effective cleaning and to achieve quick attachment to the frame handle notches on one side and to the...     

A dental flosser is described wherein a pair of floss-holding arms can be moved in parallel motion so as to enhance the cleaning action of a dental floss. The dental floss is provided with beads that releasably engage the arm ends in tension in a manner so that vigorous action of the dental flosser does...     

An automatic toothbrush wherein the brush can be replaced by a floss holder driven by the toothbrush motor.

An improved dental flossing apparatus comprising a handle and a removable yoke member. The handle comprises an elongated shank for gripping purposes and a head piece having a receiving means for receiving a removable yoke and threads on the outer surface of the head surrounding the receiving means. In...     

A dental floss holding assembly comprising a pair of holders, one each for being held in a hand while dental floss suspended under tension therebetween is manipulated in dental interstices. Each of the pair of holders comprises a compact, hand-holdable member for being held in the palm of the hand, the...     

A dental floss cleansing device which includes a floss chamber connected by a neck to a bow frame spaced from the chamber. The bow frame includes a post projecting from a proximal end of an elongated shaft having a curved distal end. The shaft is centrally grooved for floss guiding purposes. A debris...     

Dental floss is covered with patches of fluoride so that a flossing procedure will expose a user's teeth to a source of flouride. The floss is either ribbon like or string like.

A dental hygiene product in the form of a packet having a front panel and a back panel containing a pre-cut length of dental floss thread stored as a coil. The packet is severable into first and second packet portions, and opposite ends of the thread are affixed to respective packet portions which, after...     

A dental floss tool including two simple snap together plastic parts which form a housing for fixedly mounting a reel of dental floss positioned to supply a length of floss to a support structure comprising two flexible slotted arms and a lock for securing the ends of the length of floss to maintain...     

A multi-purpose dental applicator including a handle and an interchangeable removable member which can be a yoke supporting a length of dental floss, a toothbrush, a spiral wound wire tooth cleaning brush, a rubber tip gum massager, or a length of abrasive tape. The handle has an elongated shank for...     

An elongated, planar support member is provided with dental floss about its peripheral edge. Multiple notches extending into the support member at various locations about the peripheral edge thereof expose multiple lengths of floss for flossing teeth. The lengths of floss extending across the notches...     

An improved dental flossing tool having reciprocating tines supporting the flossing material and biased apart to assure proper tension on the flossing material, while having means carried by the tines for moving the flossing material between the tines and having removable head means to permit replacement...     

A dental floss holder and applicator having a hollow handle for holding a supply of dental floss and a pair of intermeshing gear wheels mounted within the handle for advancing dental floss through a pathway which includes a dental floss anchoring member, a pair of prongs for holding a section of dental...     

A device, a method of using such a device and a method for making such a device for threading floss between dental structures. The threading device is formed of a tube including a handle portion and a blade-like portion. A charge of dental floss is retained in the tube of which a lead portion extends...     

A tooth flossing device for making the task of flossing teeth easier, neater, and more effective. A handle, designed for being gripped by a hand of a user, carries a removable, replaceable cartridge attached to one end. This cartridge contains a length of dental floss stretched between two pole pieces...     

An elongated handle with an internal supply of fresh dental floss and a flossing head including a fork provides oral hygiene. A fresh section of floss is advanced by a one-touch arrangement which concurrently relegates spent floss to a separate take-up reel. The fresh floss spanning the tines of the...     

A cap for frictional retention on an existing dental flossing tool to enhance protection of the dental flossing material when the tool is not in use and which can be removed, when desired, and which includes means for retaining one end of a strand of dental flossing material to enable the cap to function...     

The present invention includes a housing having a plurality of individual sections of dental floss. Each of the floss sections includes a pair of balls in which opposite ends of the floss section are embedded. The balls are removably joined to the housing and mountable between extensions of a tooth brush-like...     

A dental sanitary appliance includes a toothbrush housing forming a frontal portion, a floss housing forming a middle portion of the dental sanitary appliance and a floss fastening member is insertable into the floss housing and incorporates a cover cap mountable on the rear end of the floss housing....     

A multi-purpose dental applicator including a handle and an interchangeable removable member which can be a yoke supporting a length of dental floss, a toothbrush, a spiral wound wire tooth cleaning brush, a rubber tip gum massager, or a length of abrasive tape. The handle has an elongated stem for gripping...     

A powered dental floss includes a floss and a hand grip provided with an output shaft which has a longitudinal axis and to which the floss is coupled. The hand grip incorporates a motor and a drive mechanism which is powered by the motor to impart a vibrating motion to the output shaft. The floss is...     

A therapeutic chew toy particularly adapted for dogs includes a shaft portion formed of a length of a soft rope material and a pair of plastic end members secured to the ends of the shaft portion such that upon being chewed by an animal, the shaft portion provides teeth cleaning and gum massage and the...     

An improved dental flossing tool comprising a single flossing rod or tool is provided, containing a supply of dental floss therein and from which a strand of floss extends, and two hands are used, one to grip the flossing rod or tool, and the other to hold the free end of the floss strand at the proper...     

A dental flossing device includes a housing manually grippable by a user, a pair of spaced arms projecting from one end of the housing for engaging the opposite ends of a length of dental floss to be tautly secured along a dental floss axis between the arms, and a drive for displacing the length of dental...     

Apparatus and methods to hold and manipulate dental floss for the removal of plaque and food particles from teeth surfaces. The invention comprises: an elongated handle which may house, contain, and dispense a supply of dental floss; a stationary tong which does not generally move with respect to the...     

A supply of dental floss is wound on a supply reel turnably mounted in one housing, while another housing mounts a take-up reel for receiving spent floss. The housings are held in opposite hands of a user with the floss extending therebetween. During flossing, a dispensed length of floss is held taut...     

The present invention relates to teeth cleaning apparatus comprising a handle unit having a casing with a motor disposed therein, and at least one disposable floss applicator unit adapted to be selectively, drivably connected to the handle unit. The floss applicator unit includes a casing with a floss...     

A dental hygiene instrument, called a dental ring flosser, is used to remove dental debris from between the teeth of the user. The dental ring flosser has an aperture sized to firmly and snugly fit around the end of a user's finger, so his or her finger may be solely used during flossing, to manipulate...     

An improved device for holding and manipulating dental floss for the removal of food particles, tartar and plaque from the teeth is described in which a loop of dental floss is connected between a pair of separate handles; the loop of dental floss being long enough to permit lateral motion across the...     

A dental flossing apparatus includes a body having a gripping portion and a bifurcated distal portion defining a pair of tines and a slot between them, and a rocker member pivotally connected to the body. The opposite ends of a strand of dental floss are so connected to the body and/or rocker member...     

A flossing implement including a hollow handle, a pair of fingers extending from the handle to support therebetween a strand of dental floss, and an electric motor in the handle carrying an eccentric weight for vibrating the handle and, through the handle, a strand of dental floss supported at the end...     

This invention relates to a dental floss assembly, which comprises a holder also for receiving the dental floss, a locating member mounted at the front portion of the holder, a holding member for dental floss which is mounted on the holding member and can be replaced. With a change in the angle of the...     

A dental floss tool has a short flat handle in a first plane, with a floss winding post extending from the upper surface thereof. Extending downwardly from the lower surface are a pair of spaced legs attached to the handle at one end and spaced apart from one another at the opposite end thereof. Guide...     

A dental floss applicator structure is arranged to include a framework to mount a dental floss dispenser housing, wherein the housing directs a dental floss filament from the housing about a smooth groove, that in turn directs the filament through a first guide post and through spaced first and second...     

A package for storing a plurality of strands of flaccid items, filaments and the like, especially, for the storage of strands of dental floss. First and second ends of the floss are securely sealed within the sealed edge of the package. However, the first and second ends are not permanently sealed within...     

An improved dental flossing tool having a resilient member, located adjacent the tip where the flossing material exits the tool, and formed with an aperture of lesser diameter than that of the floss which serves to clamp the flossing material to positively prevent the floss from serving as a wick to...     

The present invention relates generally to a flosser-type tooth cleaning device comprised of a handle, a holder affixed to an end of the handle comprised of two protruding arm members positioned at least parallel to each other, and a strand of dental floss which is drawn between the arms and anchored...     

A dental hygiene device for interstitial or interproximal cleaning comprising a handle (20) having spaced arms (21,22) and a reusable monofilament (23), which replaces the normal dental floss, stretched across the arms (21,22). The monofilament (23) may be hollow, have elastomeric properties and/or deliver...     

A new and improved hand-held dental floss applicator apparatus includes a central body assembly, four finger assemblies projecting from the central body assembly, and four dental floss receiving assemblies connected to the respective four finger assemblies. Each of the respective dental floss receiving...     

The invention provides for a dental floss device comprising two ring portions and a floss portion held therebetween, whereby the ring portions are placed on a finger of each hand of a user. The ring portions are specially adapted to receive and removingly retain a specially formed segment of floss, which...     

A dental floss device includes two ring portions having a tongue for holding a segment of dental floss with a closed loop at either end. The tongue opens into the open center of the ring, the tongue being defined by at least one groove opening into the open center of the ring and running to an end portion...     

A dental floss retainer ring is provided, having a size permitting placement on the finger. The ring defines circumferential sidewalls to form an external, annular space between the walls for receiving a winding of dental floss about the ring. One of the walls defines at least one slot extending only...     

A flossing instrument 10 that facilitates flossing and is utilizable by persons fitted with common orthodontic braces. The instrument 10 includes a combination floss spool cavity 22 and handle 20 to which is connected an arm 50 with two floss supports 100, 140 traversely mounted at a distal end 54 of...     

A dental floss device (1, 40, 50, 60, 70) comprises a handle (2) having a shank (3) terminating in a head piece (4). A disposable dental floss holder (5) comprises a base portion (10) and a pair of spaced-apart jaws (11, 12) with a length of dental floss (13) extending therebetween. The head piece (4)...     

A dental floss device for relieving the fingers from being tightly wound with floss and being in contact with wet and soiled spent floss comprises two sleeves--a take-up sleeve for receiving spent floss and a supply sleeve for containing pre-wound fresh floss and an end plug as a cover for the supply...     

In the broader aspects of the invention, there is provided an improved dental appliance comprising a dentifrice package with an applicator at one package end and a hollow base at the other package end. A supply of dentifrice is positioned in the package. A supply of dental floss is positioned within...     

An article is provided for facilitating oral prophylaxis. The article comprises a continuous, elongated fiber of polytetrafluoroethylene having at least one substantially rigid first portion and a substantially flexible second portion comprised of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene.

A reusable dental floss holder to fasten securely a length of floss at its ends in lieu of winding ends of the length of floss around fingers for removing food particles and plaque from teeth surfaces has cover and base members engaging with each other to fasten the floss to be manipulated easily by...     

A toothbrush assembly is disclosed which includes an articulating head portion for releasable supporting a brushhead, and which is configured to releasably mount a plurality of interchangeable dental accessory tools. A spring biased actuation member having a plurality of sprockets associated therewith...     

A power-driven dental flossing device has an elongate housing of three casings with an extending housing arm forked at its front, which contains dental floss reels, a dividing gear system, dental floss operating and winding switches, and a powered motor with batteries and/or a transformer. Dental floss...     

The present invention automated dental cleaner includes a housing and a pair of spaced tines supported on the housing. The tines hold a length of dental floss therebetween to form a span of floss. A bracing fork having a pair of bracing tines for straddling teeth braces the dental cleaner against the...     

The present invention relates to various oral care products containing, stable, dispersions of certain high viscosity silicones in certain surfactants; wherein: a. the dispersed silicones, which are insoluble in said surfactant, are oriented by the surfactant such that when dispersed in water they are...     

A dental floss holder for securely fastening one end of a dental floss instead of winding it around a finger includes a first member, two mating surfaces, and a connector member. The dental floss is retained on the first member. One of the mating surfaces is formed on the first member and the other mating...     

A dental hygiene storage apparatus comprising a housing having a removable partition that forms a toothpaste compartment for dispensing toothpaste therefrom. The partition has slots extending along opposite spaced apart side walls with each slot having a removable gear which is connected to a rotating...     

The present invention relates to a device to aid a user in flossing their teeth. In its broadest context, the present invention includes a supply arm, with an associated floss supply assembly, and a take-up arm, with an associated floss take-up assembly. Furthermore, each of the arms includes a number...     

A dental floss dispenser having a floss securement mechanism to secure the dental floss with respect to the dispenser body and for use during flossing is provided. One embodiment locks a freely rotating internal spool of dental floss relative to the dental floss dispenser. Both the floss securement mechanism...     

Dental floss brushes, as described herein, are extremely difficult to coat with wax coatings. When conventional waxes are utilized, the floss brush becomes matted and gummy. We have developed an improved wax coating solution which results in a thin, uniform coating with good adhesion characteristics....     

A dental floss holder for securely fastening one end of a dental floss instead of winding it around a finger includes a pair of jaws, two mating surfaces, and a locking member. The dental floss is retained between the jaws. One of the mating surfaces is formed on one jaw and the other mating surface...     

A braided dental floss having increased tensile strength, reduced likelihood of fraying and improved cleaning comprising multiple braided threads of nylon, polyester, polyethylene, PFA, PTFE, Dacron.RTM., polypropylene or mixtures thereof.

A two-piece dental flossing device is disclosed. The device includes a floss dispensing member and a floss wrapping member which is detachable from the floss dispensing member. The floss dispensing member comprises a body portion with a generally cylindrical throughbore adapted to hold a floss dispensing...     

A dental hygiene device for removing plaque from the surface of teeth, both above and below and gumline. The disposable flossing device has an angled molded frame designed with a flossing end and a debrider end. The flossing end holds a tensioned strand of dental floss for cleaning around all teeth and...     

The present invention relates to oral hygiene and specifically to an improved method for adding chemotherapeutic agents to dental floss containing several multi-fiber bundles, to methods of treating the oral cavity with the improved dental floss and to the improved dental flosses per se.

A pair of reusable dental floss holders are for securely fastening a length of dental floss at its ends in lieu of winding ends of the dental floss around fingers. Each holder comprises a retaining member having a notch and a slot. The dental floss is inserted into the slot, winding around the retaining...