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 |
| 7865640 | USB web launcher using keyboard scancodes A USB web launcher for launching a browser on a host computer and directing the browser to a website specified by the web launcher. The USB web launcher comprises a housing, and a controller within the housing which is configured to operate as a USB HID keyboard dev... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7648255 | Liquid-activated lighted ice cube A liquid-activated lighted ice cube includes a battery-powered electrical circuit and LED housed in a hollow body that resembles an ice cube. The circuit includes electrodes exposed to the exterior of the hollow body that, when in contact with water or other liquid ... | 01/19/2010 |
| D530353 | Retractable lighted keyring magnifier | 10/17/2006 |
| 7049766 | Liquid-activated lighted ice cube A liquid-activated lighted ice cube includes a battery-powered electrical circuit and LED housed in a hollow body that resembles an ice cube. The circuit includes electrodes exposed to the exterior of the hollow body that, when in contact with water or other liquid ... | 05/23/2006 |
| D515119 | Lighted letter opener magnifier | 02/14/2006 |
| 6948712 | Contest button A multi-state flashing button and method of conducting a lottery using such a button. One or more multi-state buttons including an internal timer are distributed along with a relatively large number of single-state flashing buttons. The timer causes the multi-state ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6857755 | Illuminated bottle cap with epoxy dome An illuminated magnetic-clasp bottle cap comprising a bottle cap with a printed circuit board mounted thereon, the printed circuit board having an IC flasher circuit including a plurality of COB LEDs mounted thereon, the bottle cap further comprising a low-profile e... | 02/22/2005 |
| D495255 | Illuminated bottle cap with epoxy dome | 08/31/2004 |
| 6685338 | Flashing coin A completely self-contained, battery-powered flashing coin having a series of three visible-spectrum LEDs flashed in sequence when a flash control IC is triggered by a sufficient force, e.g., the force generated upon impact of the coin on one of its faces... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6591524 | Advertising article with automatically activated flasher or sound module An advertising article with an automatically activated indicator assembly attached to the article including a piezoelectric sensor, a printed circuit board including a triggerable signal generator, and an LED or speaker. The piezoelectric sensor is attach... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6420008 | Display sticker with integral flasher circuit and power source A display sticker with integral LED flasher circuit and power source adapted to be adhesively affixed to and readily removed from a fabric article. A printed circuit board having an LED, a control circuit and a battery is adhesively affixed to the back su... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6104306 | Closure-sensitive signalling device with cantilever switch A closure-sensitive signalling device with a cantilever switch responsive to the opening of a folded article such as a business card holder, greeting card, folder, or other article having panels foldable with respect to each other along a fold line. The c... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6013346 | Display sticker with integral flasher circuit and power source A display sticker with integral LED flasher circuit and power source adapted to be adhesively affixed to and readily removed from a fabric article. A printed circuit board having an LED, a control circuit and a battery is adhesively affixed to the back su... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5143439 | High efficiency novelty flasher assembly A novelty button assembly provides buttons with a variety of indicia on the face of the button and an unlimited location of the blinking light in the face of the button. An electronic circuit is adapted to drive a light emitting diode with a current pulse... | 09/01/1992 |
