ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,004, issued on Sept. 30.

"Hand held dental flossing device and method of operating the same" was invented by Mark Adams (Arlington, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held dental flossing device facilitates a user to control feed and tension of a dental floss during the flossing of teeth. The hand-held dental flossing device comprises a body having a handle, a head with plurality of arms, and a floating platform. The plurality of arms comprises one or more closed loops to facilitate a passage of a dental floss. The floating platform comprises a first spool, and a second spool. The first spool is configured for unwinding the...