US 12,220,291 B2
Dental hygiene system, device, and/or method
N. Michelle Borg, Lincoln, CA (US)
Filed by N. Michelle Borg, Lincoln, CA (US)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/197,223.
Application 18/197,223 is a continuation of application No. 16/231,806, filed on Dec. 24, 2018, granted, now 11,813,130.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/610,260, filed on Dec. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0277284 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 15/046 (2013.01) [A61C 15/041 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flossing system comprising:
floss;
a source spool for dispensing the floss;
a take-up spool for collecting the floss;
a body comprising a source button assembly,
wherein the body and the source button assembly are made from a single piece of a flexible material and the source button assembly is cantilevered from the body, and
wherein the source button assembly is configured to permit rotation of the source spool when flexed, and prevent rotation of the source spool when released; and
a ratchet flexure made from the single piece of the flexible material of the body and cantilevered from the body,
wherein the take-up spool and the ratchet flexure are configured to ratchet rotation of the take-up spool in one direction.