Patent ID: 6474347
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A dental floss holder comprising:an elongate handle member having two fork fingers at one end thereof; a floss supply mounted to the handle member, the floss supply having a dental floss disposed therein and adapted to pull out the dental floss therefrom; the fork fingers having points including guidance members for permitting a floss segment of the dental floss to extend between the points; an attachment member attached to the handle member for attaching a floss end of the dental floss to the handle member; a floss roll disposed in the floss supply, the floss roll having a rolling axle mounted to the handle member and extending perpendicularly to the handle member; locking members in operative engagement with the floss roll to lock the floss roll from rotation, the floss roll being coaxially attached to a roll holder being rotatably attached to the handle member about a bearing axle thereof; the roll holder being axially spring biased against an end position to lock and prevent the roll holder from rotation, the roll holder having an end plate with openings defined therein for receiving the locking members to prevent the floss roll from rotation when the locking members extend through the openings of the end plate; and a membrane member in operative engagement with the end plate of the roll holder, the membrane member being manually operable for shifting the end plate of the roll holder away from engagement with the locking members to permit the end plate and the roll holder to rotate to enable the pulling out of the dental floss from the floss supply.