ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,152, issued on April 7.
"Dental flossing device" was invented by Giles William Onley Edwards (Gloucestershire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a dental flossing device comprising: a handle extending in a longitudinal axis and a head that deviates from the longitudinal axis of the handle. The head has two arms extending from the handle to define an intermediate space between the arms and a substantially central horn for guiding floss that is arranged on an upper face of the dental flossing device between the two arms and projects into the intermediate space. Each arm has an attachment port...