Patent ID: 7588035
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A floss bow in combination with a disposable, replaceable floss cartridge, comprising: a floss bow main body having a handle; at least one pair of tines projecting from said main body; a retaining column having a head projecting from said main body, said tines and said retaining column projecting from said main body on a same side of said main body in a direction perpendicular to a main axis of said handle of said main body, said tines being elastically deformable; and a disposable, replaceable floss cartridge including floss, said cartridge comprises a rigid portion which is removably fastenable to said retaining column, the cartridge extending over a smaller linear distance than a linear distance defined between said retaining column and ends of said at least one pair of tines, so that mounting of the cartridge on the bow causes an elastic deflection of the at least one pair of tines, said floss forming a triangle in its operating position, a base of said triangle being substantially coplanar with sides of said triangle, said rigid portion having an eyelet which is introducable in said head of said column.