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 |
| 8171862 | Folding table A table for attaching to the wall of an aircraft. The table has a table top comprising at least two table top segments which are moveable relative to each other. At least one table top segment has a screen on one side. Two table top segments are pivotable or rotatab... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8150391 | System and method for using a cellular telephone in a mobile vehicle A system for connecting a cellular phone located in a mobile vehicle such as an aircraft, land vehicle, water craft or space craft to a stationary mobile telephone network includes a mobile radio base station on board the mobile vehicle that converts mobile radio da... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8109807 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a jet engine An apparatus for cleaning a jet engine includes a supply device configured to make cleaning medium available, a nozzle device configured to introduce the cleaning medium into the jet engine, and a line connection between the supply device and the nozzle device. The ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8037840 | Lamellar ground marking The lamellar or strip-shaped floor marking, in particular for means of transportation, in particular airplanes, having a photoluminescent layer on which covering elements which appear dark in comparison with the luminous layer and which serve as a directional indica... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8028630 | Folding table arrangement A folding-table arrangement includes a supporting device, a table housing accommodating a table top in an essentially vertical stowed position and a table top which can be adjusted from an essentially vertical stowed position in the table housing into an essentially... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7946525 | Material for absorbing noise in aircraft The invention relates to a material for absorbing noise in aircraft, comprising at least one barrier layer and at least one absorptive layer. The barrier layer is provided with an elastomeric material having a minimum specific density of 1 and a mass per unit area o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7837262 | Seating and lying arrangement A seating and lying arrangement for the passenger region of aircraft. The arrangement can be brought into a seating state and a lying state. In the seating state, the arrangement has a seating surface and a backrest. In the lying state, the arrangement provides a ly... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7721657 | Pivotable table A pivotable table has a lower housing and a table top which can be moved from a storage position, in which the table top is arranged substantially perpendicularly in the lower housing, into a use position, in which the table top is arranged substantially horizontall... | 05/25/2010 |
| D615500 | Control unit | 05/11/2010 |
| D611003 | Control unit | 03/02/2010 |
| 7367699 | Emergency light in a multilevel aeroplane The invention relates to an aeroplane comprising several decks which are arranged above each other, for passengers, freight and/or crew members, also comprising at least one staircase connected to the decks. Said aeroplane is characterized in that the staircase is p... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7271826 | Communications installation for aircraft An arrangement for audio, video and/or data communication between a ground station and an aircraft, having at least one communications channel and a monitoring device provided on board the aircraft includes at least one audio, video or flight data recording apparatu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7170747 | Plug-in rack A mounting rack for aircraft has one or more rows, which are located one above the other, each having one or more compartments which are located alongside one another, for holding electronics units, with a compartment being designed for independent insertion and wit... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6668389 | Vacuum toilet A vacuum toilet comprises a toilet bowl (1) and a vacuum pipeline (3) which opens out into said toilet bowl. In the region of the opening (2), the vacuum line (3) has a cross-sectional narrowing in the form of a foreign-body barrier (5) which projects rad... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6474732 | Child's seat for airplanes The child's seat for airplanes comprises a mounting adapted to be fastened to a partition wall of an airplane, and a seat fastened to the mounting such that the seat can assume two different vertical positions. In an upper takeoff and landing position, th... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6394112 | Pipe cleaning nozzle The pipe cleaning nozzle is designed for the removal of deposits (23) in vacuum toilet pipes, particularly such pipes in aircraft, ships and trains. Since pipes (10) of this type are often installed to follow narrow radii of curvature, a need exists for a... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6016016 | Voltage supply apparatus A voltage supply apparatus for providing a supply voltage for electric devices in an aeroplane cabin comprises a socket (22) to which the electric device is connectable by means of a plug (38). The socket (22) comprises plug detectors (45, 46) detecting t... | 01/18/2000 |
