...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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| 5356252 | Unitized expanding dowel A unitized expanding dowel is disclosed for accurately and repeatably locating a part having a through hole relative to a reference part having a hole of like size. The dowel includes a radially expandable, resiliently deformable cylindrical sleeve having... | 10/18/1994 |
| 4843931 | Punch and die system A punch and die system is disclosed as comprising punch and die templets serving to positionally locate punch and die assemblies relative thereto solely adjacent the region at which punching of a workpiece occurs in combination with guide assemblies for p... | 07/04/1989 |