公开(公告)号：GB2274784B

公开(公告)日：1995-08-09

申请号：GB9404764

申请日：1992-09-11

Applicant: FORFAS

Inventor： BENNETT CLAYTON ,  SULLIVAN ALAN ,  SULLIVAN PAUL

IPC: A61C15/04

Abstract: PCT No. PCT/IE92/00007 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 11, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 11, 1994 PCT Filed Sep. 11, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/04641 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 1993.A dental floss device (1, 40, 50, 60, 70) comprises a handle (2) having a shank (3) terminating in a head piece (4). A disposable dental floss holder (5) comprises a base portion (10) and a pair of spaced-apart jaws (11, 12) with a length of dental floss (13) extending therebetween. The head piece (4) has a groove (20) in which the base portion (10) is securely retained when the device is used in all flossing directions. Snap-fit projections (15) extend inwardly from the jaws (11, 12) of the floss holder (5) and are retained behind marginal edges (25) of a floor (24) of the groove (20). When used, the floss holder (5) is removed and a new floss holder (5) is fitted.