Dental floss holder

Claim 1

A dental floss holder comprising: an elongated, generally longitudinal straight body having a pair of ends and means at one end thereof for holding a spool of dental floss, there being a passage extending longitudinally through the body for guiding a stretch of dental floss from a spool of Floss at said one end to the opposite end of the body, said body further having a bore intermediate its ends, said bore extending transversely of said passage and being in communication therewith, said body having an annular, beveled surface surrounding the outer end of the bore, a pair of spaced arms rigid to the body at said opposite end and extending laterally therefrom, the outer ends of the arms adapted to position a span of dental floss for insertion into the mouth and into the region between a pair of adjacent teeth; and a pin shiftably mounted within the bore for longitudinal movement relative thereto and having a transverse dimension less than a corresponding transverse dimension of the bore to permit a doubled portion of said stretch of floss from said spool to extend laterally of the passage through the bore to a location exteriorly of the body, around the outer end of the pin, then back into and through the bore and into and through said passage to said opposite end, said pin having an annular, beveled face substantially complemental to said beveled surface of said body and movable longitudinally thereof for wedging the doubled portion of said floss stretch against the body when tension is applied to the span bridging the outer ends of the arms to thereby lock the span against any substantial movement relative to said body.