ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,631, issued on June 2, was assigned to QUIP NYC INC. (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
"Dental floss dispenser" was invented by William Thomas May (South Orange, N.J.), Simon Enever (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Paul Koh (New York), Jonathan Fratti (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Grayson Hild (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Matthew Malone (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental floss dispenser. The dispenser includes a dispenser housing enclosing an interior portion and a dispensing portion. The dispensing portion is slidably positioned inside the interior portion of the dispenser housing. The dispensing portion has a stored position and a dispensing position. In the sto...