Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5577635 | Protective sheet dispenser A protective dispenser for dispensing serially arranged sheet materials, includes a container bounding an open-ended internal chamber for receiving the materials. A partitioning wall spans the internal chamber and supports the materials. The partitioning ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5511247 | Sports glove with forefinger stiffener A forefinger sheath and/or a thumb sheath of a glove worn on a player's power hand are stiffened to prevent the tips of the forefinger and thumb from curling toward and pressing against each other and activating muscles that would otherwise ruin a swing o... | 04/30/1996 |
