Patent ID: 9585737
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A61C

Claim:
1. A dental floss device comprising: (a) a collapsible dental tubule having a dental tubule first end and a dental tubule second end; and (b) a segment of dental floss having a dental floss first end and a dental floss second end, wherein the segment of dental floss has a length approximately equal to that of said collapsible dental tubule, wherein at least a portion of said segment of dental floss is contained within said collapsible dental tubule, wherein said dental floss device is capable of having a stored position and a deployed position, wherein in said stored position, said collapsible dental tubule together with said segment of dental floss contained at least partially therein are collapsed so as to take up at least 70 percent of a spherical volume encapsulating the collapsed dental floss device, and wherein in said deployed position, said collapsible dental tubule is capable of being extended linearly, thereby enabling said dental floss to be fully extracted from said dental tubule.