IP Library Granted Patent US 7,171,971
Granted Patent B2
US 7,171,971 · App. 11/104,236 · Granted Feb 6, 2007

Dental floss device with a stackable dental floss holder

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,171,971
App. No.
11/104,236
Granted
Feb 6, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An improved dental floss device, a stackable dental floss holder, and a handle for receiving the dental floss holder are disclosed.

Claims (6)

1. A handle for receiving a dental floss holder in releasable frictional engagement, said handle comprising an elongated gripping portion comprising a longitudinal axis; and a head portion for receiving said dental floss holder in releasable frictional engagement; said head portion located at a distal end of said handle and extending generally transversely of said longitudinal axis of said gripping portion; said head portion comprising a generally U-shaped channel comprising a floor and two spaced-apart walls; a first of said two walls comprising at least one indentation and at least one protrusion spaced therefrom; and said second of said two walls comprising at least one protrusion and at least one indentation spaced therefrom.

2. A handle according to claim 1 wherein said at least one indentations in said first of said two walls is disposed generally opposite said at least one protrusion on said second of said two walls.

3. A handle according to claim 1 wherein said at least one indentation in said first of said two walls is disposed generally opposite said at least one protrusion on said second of said two walls.

4. A handle according to claim 1 wherein said at least one indentation in said first of said two walls is disposed generally opposite said at least one protrusion on said second of said two walls and said at least one protrusion on said first of two walls is disposed generally opposite said at least one indentation in said second of said two walls.

5. A handle according to claim 1 wherein said floor is convex.

6. The handle of claim 1 further comprising a dental floss holder releasably engaged with said head portion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2021
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
To: LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD.
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MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 1, 2015
From: MCNEIL-PPC, INC.; JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
Reel/Frame 036042/0443 →