US Patent Issued on July 28 for "Dental flosser with floss tensioner" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,956, issued on July 28.

"Dental flosser with floss tensioner" was invented by Richard P. Bushman (Stillwater, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental flosser includes a handle, a floss support coupled to the handle, a floss dispensing spool coupled to the handle, a floss collecting spool coupled to the handle, a thumbwheel coupled to the handle, and a spool brake coupled to the handle. The spool brake is configured to move between a first position where the spool brake prevents rotation of the floss dispensing spool and/or the floss collecting spool and a second position where the spool brake allows rotation of the floss dispen...