Patent ID: 7146989

Claim:
A dental floss holder, comprising a handle ( 11 ), a cartridge ( 15 , 40 , 41 ) having a base ( 16 ), two legs ( 17 , 18 ) and dental floss ( 20 ) suspended between the two legs ( 17 , 18 ), and a cooperating arrangement situated between a fastening portion on the base ( 16 ) of the cartridge ( 15 , 40 , 41 ) and a mounting portion ( 13 ) of the handle ( 11 ) for receiving the fastening portion and bending the cartridge base ( 16 ) in a plane of the legs ( 17 , 18 ) in response to the fastening portion being mounted to the handle ( 11 ), thereby stressing the legs ( 17 , 18 ) away from each other and tensioning the dental floss ( 20 ).