Object Details
- Marion Donovan Associates
- Description
- Package with inscriptions that read in part “DENTAL LOOP TM / FLOSS / Sixty pre-cut loops of floss!” and “Marion Donovan Associates / BOX 112-G Greenwich, CT 06831” and “Patent No. 4,523,600 . . . Other patents pending.” Marion Donovan (1917-1998) was an innovative Connecticut housewife who devised a host of items for domestic purposes.
- Ref: Marion Donovan, “Dental Flossing Product,” U.S. Patent 4,523,600 (June 18, 1985).
- “Marion Donovan, 81, Solver of the Damp-Diaper Problem,” New York Times (Nov. 18, 1998), p. B15.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sharon Donovan Dodd, Christine Donovan, and James F. Donovan
- ca 1985
- ID Number
- 2000.0157.01
- accession number
- 2000.0157
- catalog number
- 2000.0157.01
- patent number
- 4,523,600
- Object Name
- dental floss
- oral hygiene product
- Physical Description
- multifilament thread (product material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 in; 17.145 cm x 8.255 cm x 2.54 cm
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Greenwich
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care
- Beauty and Health
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_609464
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-85d2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
