Toilet – Toilet kit – Including toothbrush
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-26
2007-06-26
Manahan, Todd E. (Department: 3732)
Toilet
Toilet kit
Including toothbrush
C132S325000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10980431
ABSTRACT:
A dental floss dispenser having a shape or attaching elements which allows it to be held during flossing. One embodiment has a finger spool which is worn on the finger tip or finger during flossing. The dental floss dispenser may also incorporate a finger grip so that the dispenser can be held by the lower fingers, a contoured shape to better fit the hand of the user, a wide or weighted base for easy pick-up, or a U-shaped indentation for quickly grabbing dental floss at the commencement of flossing. A take up spool is designed to be used during the flossing procedure as an anchor for the dental floss to thereby allow the user to floss without wrapping floss around a take up finger or fingers. The take up spool is incorporated into the handle of a toothbrush. By using the dispenser or the take up spool in the flossing procedure, time is saved and flossing becomes more convenient and efficient. The take up spool includes a plurality of tapered notches, each tapered notch having an associated holding slot, each tapered notch for guiding a previously unattached end portion of a length of dental floss into the associated holding slot and securing the dental floss therein to securely hold and manipulate one end of the length of dental floss during the flossing process.
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Manahan Todd #E.
Thorpe North & Western LLP
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