Dental floss or tape holder for use on a toothbrush

Claim 1

In a dental floss or tape holder for use on a toothbrush: a. a flat body having a pair of spaced arms, each arm having a tip, the arms being made to support a strand of dental floss or tape, with the strand having a teeth-cleaning section stretched between the tips; b. means on the body operable for anchoring the ends of the strand in place to maintain the teeth-cleaning section taut; c. the body being provided with a socket extending rearwardly thereinto from a forward end of the body along a medial plane of the body, the socket being dimensioned to have the outer end of a conventional toothbrush handle slidably telescoped endwise thereinto to support the holder on the handle, the forward end portion of the body extending entirely around the socket so as to encase the outer end of the handle and providing a protective covering thereover, when the holder is supported on the handle; d. the body defining substantially parallel upper and lower planes, and the socket and spaced arms being confined between these planes, with arms projecting endwise beyond the handle in prolongation with the handle, when the body is supported on the handle; e. the socket having a bottom wall disposed to limit endwise telescoping of the holder over the outer end of the handle.