US Patent Issued on Oct. 6 for "Dental floss holder and dispenser" (New Hampshire Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,803, issued on Oct. 6.

"Dental floss holder and dispenser" was invented by Brent Joseph Stagnaro (Manchester, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device is a dental filament dispenser and holder which incorporates a spool of dental filament in a compartment wherein the filament is dispensed via one of two convertible framed openings and held utilizing Split Ring-spring snap fastener components; included are short walls and connecting straps for supporting and securing the snap fastener components, an indentation, convertible slots, a rotatable front wall by which to convert the slots into the framed openings and vice versa, a lid,...