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 |
| 8032233 | Method and apparatus for actively managing consumption of electric power supplied by an electric utility A client device manages consumption of power supplied by an electric utility to multiple power consuming devices. Power flow to the power consuming devices is selectively enabled and disabled by one or more controllable devices controlled by the client device. The c... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8010812 | Method and apparatus for actively managing consumption of electric power supplied by one or more electric utilities A server manages consumption of power supplied by at least one electric utility to multiple power consuming devices. Power flow to the consuming devices is enabled and disabled by controllable devices controlled by one or more client devices. The server includes a c... | 08/30/2011 |
| D642329 | Base for a replaceable lighting unit | 07/26/2011 |
| 7866505 | Portable and lockable storage container A portable and lockable storage container includes a lid, a base, a locking mechanism, and a securing cable. The lid defines a lid aperture therein proximate a front edge portion of the lid. The base is hingedly connected to the lid along at least part of rear edge ... | 01/11/2011 |
| D618912 | Storage container front panel | 07/06/2010 |
| 7715951 | System and method for managing consumption of power supplied by an electric utility A system for managing consumption of power supplied by an electric utility to power consuming devices includes at least one client device and a server. Each client device operates at least partially responsive to control messages received from the server and control... | 05/11/2010 |
| D615698 | Base for a replaceable lighting unit | 05/11/2010 |
| D613434 | Replaceable lighting unit | 04/06/2010 |
| 7679314 | Multiple battery system for reliably supplying electrical energy to an electrical system A multiple battery system includes a battery housing, first and second batteries disposed in the battery housing, a one-way charging circuit, and at least one switching device. The battery housing includes at least one positive terminal and at least one negative ter... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676583 | System for providing continuity between session clients and method therefor An online communication system (10) includes a plurality of remote session clients (12) and one or more online servers (14). The online communication system (10) provides continuity of an online session (80) between a server (14... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675261 | Auxiliary battery attachment apparatus for use in a multiple battery system that reliably supplies electrical energy to an electrical system An auxiliary battery attachment apparatus, which is attachable to a first housing containing a first battery, includes a second housing, a second battery disposed within the second housing, positive and negative couplings, a one-way charging circuit, and at least on... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7651718 | Method for preparing consumable vending machine beverage A device (e.g., a vending machine) and method for preparing a consumable beverage include mixing an agglomerated natural milk powder having a scorched particle mass not greater than fifteen milligrams with hot water to produce the consumable beverage. The hot water ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7595733 | Lockable pinless EAS tag with lanyard A surveillance tag apparatus for goods of varying size and shape comprising a lanyard, a housing and a pawl. The lanyard includes a flexible, elongated body having parallel ridges across at least one side, the body ending in one stop member. The housing includes an ... | 09/29/2009 |
| D594789 | High airflow ring for a motorcycle | 06/23/2009 |
| 7546987 | Cable tray assemblies A cable tray is provided for supporting conductive cable and a system is provided to connect cable trays to create secure cable pathways to safely organize and support conductive cable. The system includes improved junctions for joinder of cable trays in any desired... | 06/16/2009 |
| D592269 | Flotation device | 05/12/2009 |
| 7469962 | Disposable chair cover Form-fitting chair covers preferably formed from a disposable, non-woven fabric are disclosed. The covers are pre-formed in a variety of shapes to fit a variety of chair types. Provisions may be made for adjusting the chair cover to fit to a particularly sized chair... | 12/30/2008 |
| D583006 | Flotation device | 12/16/2008 |
| 7447765 | Packet filtering for emergency access in a packet data network communication system A method and apparatus method of filtering packet data for an anonymous user device in a packet data network communication system includes a first step of defining a special context information element containing special context information. A next step includes sen... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7438717 | Anesthesia intubating forceps Forceps with a pair of scissor-like arms that are pivotally connected to each other and that continue past the pivot to form a catheter guide. At least two and preferably three bends are disposed in the arms immediately before the pivot, which allow the medical prof... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7427865 | Method for detecting a discharge condition fault in an electrical system of a vehicle or piece of machinery A method for detecting a discharge condition fault in an electrical system of a vehicle or a piece of machinery includes supplying electrical energy to the electrical system from an auxiliary battery or batteries of a multiple battery system when a main battery of t... | 09/23/2008 |
| D567440 | Hair styling iron | 04/22/2008 |
| D563258 | Clasp for a watch or article of jewelry | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339347 | Apparatus and method for reliably supplying electrical energy to an electrical system The instant invention is directed to a multiple battery system and auxiliary battery attachment system. The invention provides a battery housing having a common positive terminal and a common negative terminal coupled to an electrical system. A main battery having a... | 03/04/2008 |
| D563259 | Trim for an article of jewelry | 03/04/2008 |
| D559751 | Airfoil | 01/15/2008 |
| D559050 | Multiple beverage holder | 01/08/2008 |
| D554555 | Bracelet | 11/06/2007 |
| 7272382 | Communication device operation management A communication group is activated within a communication system (100) including an administrator device (125) and at least one subordinate device (130,135). Each subordinate device (130,135) is programmed with a set of operation rules de... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7207622 | Reversible lounge chair A lounge chair having a frame supported by legs, which may or may not have wheels incorporated therewith, and at least first and second adjustable backrest portions pivotally attached to the chair. When a sunbather wishes to sit on the lounge chair in an inclined po... | 04/24/2007 |
| D539540 | Storage device | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182090 | System for cleaning components of a water retaining device, associated water retaining device, and water propulsion device for use therein A system for cleaning components of one or more water retaining devices (e.g., tubs) includes two pumps, a tank, one or more supply valves, a water retaining device, and control circuitry. The pumps control the flow of a concentrated cleaning agent and water to the ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176956 | Video enhancement of an avatar A communication system (100) includes two or more communication devices (110, 150) for communicating video including at least one virtual image. An avatar is associated with each communicated image. Change messages are communicated between a transmitti... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7132763 | System and method for automatically interrupting power to a secondary device upon the extinguishing of power to a primary device The present invention encompasses a system and method for automatically interrupting a flow of power from an external electrical energy source to at least one device upon the extinguishing of power to another device. The system includes a power strip, a voltage sens... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7096025 | Communication device and method of operation therefore A communication device (105,200) includes a cordless telephone (205) and a two way radio (210). The communication device (105,200) is adapted to place an active cordless telephone call in a low frequency mode in response to receiving an i... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084815 | Differential-fed stacked patch antenna An antenna system includes a stacked patch antenna (100) comprising two or more patch antennas symmetrically aligned around an axis. The stacked patch antenna (100) comprises a differential feed patch antenna. The two or more patch antennas include a f... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7057812 | Reflection-type projection screen A projection screen includes a substrate having at least a first surface, a reflective layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and diffusion layer having a first surface defined by a matte finish and an opposing second surface. The second surfac... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053883 | Electronic device having an interactive display screen An electronic device (9) has an interactive screen display (27) which is interactive with a stylus (10). The electronic device (9) has an actuator (30) associated with an engagement member (18) of a housing (16) of th... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7039443 | Method and apparatus for automatically initiating a communication from a wireless communication device A wireless communication device (100) employs a method and apparatus for automatically initiating a communication with a target device. The communication device includes, inter alia, a user interface (115), an acoustic transducer (113), and an a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7024162 | Communication system with call quality indication and method of operation therein A communication system (10) for providing call quality indication includes a plurality of communication devices (75) and a system controller (40). The plurality of communication devices (75) includes a first communication device (62 | 04/04/2006 |
