ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,291, issued on Feb. 11.
"Dental hygiene system, device, and/or method" was invented by N. Michelle Borg (Lincoln, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flosser is described comprising, floss, a body, a piece source spool and a single piece take-up spool. The source spool and take-up spool may snap into a source cavity and a take-up cavity, respectively. The source and take-up spools may be rotatably secured in the respective cavities using detent rings and snap rings. A cantilever flexure assembly is integrated into the body and includes a push button assembly and a ratchet flexure. The push button assembly controls rotation of the...