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 |
| 5020235 | Layout device for wall mounted item A layout device for locating a wall mounted item a specified distance from a reference point such as a floor includes a bracket which is removably mounted to a measuring tape. A level attached to the bracket indicates vertical alignment of both the extend... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4967998 | Valve noise reduction In a valve having a plug and valve seat for controlling the flow of fluid between an inlet port and an outlet port, the plug has radial serrations on its bottom face and has a length for establishing turbulence during the last 1/4 of its stroke as the plu... | 11/06/1990 |
