ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,727, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Shiloh Roots LLC (Greensboro, N.C.).
"Dental implement holder" was invented by Melissa Buck (Greensboro, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental implement holder for receiving the narrow ends of floss threaders. The dental implement holder defines a top surface and a bottom surface. A plurality of through holes extend from the top surface through the bottom surface. Each of the plurality of through holes is configured to receive a narrow end of a floss threader. Each of the plurality of through holes defines a length greater than the length of a narrow portion of a floss threader so that onc...