Patent ID: 6047711
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A tooth flossing device for dental hygiene, which device is designed to use an existing electric power-driven toothbrush to itself become a power-driven flossing device in which floss string is moved, comprising:A. means for receiving energy from said toothbrush originally provided to move toothbrush bristles; andB. means for converting received energy into movement of a floss string for dental hygiene instead of movement of toothbrush bristles, which converting means includes a yoke having a pair of arms which project away from one another to define separated free arm ends between which a floss string can be provided, each of said free arm ends being configured to interact with an associated anomaly provided in a floss string for the purpose of preventing floss string at the location of such anomaly from moving toward the other of said arms, said means for receiving energy including means for moving said floss string relative to said free arm ends.