Patents by Inventor Michio Yasumoto

Michio Yasumoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4005721
    Abstract: A dental floss holder particularly suited for access to all teeth in the user's mouth and rapid replacement of dental floss. A hollow handle is adapted to hold a source spool of dental floss interior thereto and to receive a plurality of interchangeable bifurcated tips for holding a taut piece of floss at different respective orientations relative to the handle for convenient access to all teeth in the user's mouth. A pivotally mounted tip is also provided for adjustable placement in several convenient orientations. The source end of the dental floss is fixedly grasped by a quickly-operated lock mechanism connected to a shaft interior to the handle which both rotatably supports the spool of floss and transmits rotational or longitudinal motion from an actuator at one end of the handle to the lock mechanism for releasing a fresh piece of dental floss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1977
    Inventor: Michio Yasumoto