Toilet – Toothpick – Having specified shape
Reexamination Certificate
2008-09-03
2011-11-22
Steitz, Rachel (Department: 3776)
Toilet
Toothpick
Having specified shape
C132S323000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08061372
ABSTRACT:
An orthodontic flossing implement for facilitating positioning and manipulating of a portion of a length of dental floss into the interdental space between adjacent teeth and proximate to and beneath an orthodontic wire which defines an arch extending between adjacent orthodontic brackets on the teeth. An elongated handle dependently supports an elongated, slender shaft formed as a unit with, and extending from a proximal end of the handle. The shaft is dimensionally smaller in thickness than that of said handle and preferably oriented at an acute angle to the handle. A tip, formed as a unit with, and extending from a second end of the shaft, is oriented at an acute angle to the handle, the tip having an aperture formed therethrough sized to just receive a length of dental floss. The tip with the dental floss positioned through said aperture, is manipulable by said handle to pass beneath an arch of the orthodontic wire and to floss the interdental tissue.
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Prescott Charles J.
Steitz Rachel
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