...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 |
| 6101260 | Communication headset A communications headset has an earpiece housing that rests on top of the ear and which also has a receiver assembly coupled to the earpiece housing. The receiver assembly is rotatable between a position at which the receiver assembly is against the ear a... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5991645 | Wireless telephone headset system with automatic log on/log off detection Existing automatic log on/log off systems in telephone systems determine whether or not a workstation is occupied and whether calls can be directed to that workstation by determining whether or not the amplifier that provides the interface between the tel... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5960094 | Communications headset A communications headset has an earpiece housing that rests on top of the ear and which also has a receiver assembly coupled to the earpiece housing. The receiver assembly is rotatable between a position at which the receiver assembly is against the ear a... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5926543 | Headset amplifier with automatic log on/log off detection Existing automatic log on/log off systems in telephone systems determine whether or not a workstation is occupied and whether calls can be directed to that workstation by determining whether or not the amplifier that provides the interface between the tel... | 07/20/1999 |