...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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| 7342207 | Elevated microwaveable carton and susceptor portion and methods A carton for use in microwave ovens includes a base and a removable cover. The base has a cooking surface at least partially covered with a microwave susceptor material. The base defines an aperture arrangement. In preferred embodiments, the carton is triangular-sha... | 03/11/2008 |
| 6500475 | Edible dough support To facilitate baking a frozen dough product in an oven, the dough product is formed over an edible film or substrate that may have a plurality of die-cut holes. This film serves as a baking substrate and obviates the need for a baking pan. The film is for... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6468569 | Frozen uncooked cinnamon roll that can attain the qualities of freshly prepared cinnamon roll when thawed and baked An improved frozen cinnamon roll can be produced using a specific improved recipe and a significantly improved process. The cinnamon roll product can be manufactured and sold in a frozen form to a retail outlet. At the retail outlet, the frozen product ca... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6359272 | Microwave package and support tray with features for uniform crust heating Disclosed is a microwave cooking package and tray suitable for cooking food. The package and tray comprise a laminate structure comprising a lid, susceptor layer upon a backing material, and a plurality of apertures through said laminate structure. This p... | 03/19/2002 |
| 5088615 | Pail having an improved bail The present invention provides an apparatus for containing goods. A bail member is connected to a pail in such a manner that the pail and the pail member are able to withstand a centrifugally directed impact upon the bail member. A contact portion of the ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4606923 | Method for embossing dough resulting in the control of blistering, taste, and texture of fried pizza crusts An improved bakeable or fryable pizza dough is made by forming in a dough sheet a footprint of embossed or compressed zones along a grid-like set of lines wherein at the point where the grid lines would intersect the dough remains uncompressed.... | 08/19/1986 |