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 |
| 8128949 | Kit for insect bites A travel kit used for inhibiting and reducing the incidence and effect of insect bites. The kit includes a pouch for enclosing a plurality of containers therein. The pouch has a closure means to maintain the containers in the pouch and a means for removably attachin... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8104222 | Animal trap An animal trap having a jaw pivotally mounted to a base that swings between cocked sprung positions. A spring means biases the jaw toward the sprung position. Cooperatively engaged drive and driven gears are mounted on the side of the base. The driven gear is releas... | 01/31/2012 |
| D653286 | Laser printable card badge sheet | 01/31/2012 |
| 8075185 | Original christmas tree transport system A Christmas tree transport system formed of a folding polyethylene plastic sheet tarpaulin apparatus which allows a user to easily enclose and transport a Christmas tree. The apparatus fastens with VELCRO brand hook and loop fasteners, and allows the user to place a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8008363 | Shoe sole component There is provided a shoe sole component that has properties such as strength and cushioning property that are suppressed from being changed even under a wide temperature range from severe cold at −10° C. or lower to high temperature conditions exceeding 30° C. A... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7987618 | Shock absorbing device for shoe sole A shock absorbing device for a shoe sole includes: an outer sole 2; a midsole M; and a deformation element 3 placed between the outer sole 2 and the midsole M. The deformation element 3 is positioned at a periphery of a rear foot part ... | 08/02/2011 |
| D635329 | Bra | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913323 | Garment It is an object of the present invention to provide an upper body garment that is capable of facilitating the action of raising the arms while reducing the activities of muscles by preventing unnecessary restriction of the muscles. The upper body garment is characte... | 03/29/2011 |
| D634897 | Headgear | 03/22/2011 |
| 7823298 | Athletic shoes having an upper whose fitting property is improved The present invention relates to the upper U of an athletic shoe comprising a first opening 1 out of which the foot sticks upwards during wearing and a second opening 2 which is closed with a tongue. The two openings 1, 2 are continuous with eac... | 11/02/2010 |
| D624121 | Laser printable card badge sheet | 09/21/2010 |
| 7779558 | Shock absorbing device for shoe sole A shock absorbing device for a shoe sole according to the present invention comprises: an outer sole 2; a midsole M that is disposed above the outer sole 2; and a deformation element 3 disposed between the outer sole 2 and the midsole M. ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7742367 | One piece self-expiring security badge or label A self-expiring badge or label is provided that includes a clear substrate, an opaque adhesive layer, a liner web, and an ink pattern is provided. The clear substrate has a back surface and a front surface with the opaque adhesive layer on the back surface. The line... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742366 | One piece self-expiring security badge or label with devices to print, activate and issue the time-label automatically A self-expiring badge or label that includes an upper substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface and an adhesive activator layer on the lower surface. A protective layer having a first surface and a second surface is provided, with the first surface of th... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736711 | Article for preventing items from falling behind furniture The device prevents the loss of articles otherwise susceptible to falling behind furniture, appliances, fixtures or equipment or other large objects placed next to a wall which are not easy to move or reach under such as, but not exclusively, couches, wardrobes, des... | 06/15/2010 |
| D614855 | Shoe lace system | 05/04/2010 |
| D610790 | Sock | 03/02/2010 |
| 7661258 | Rake system A rake system having a pair of rake handles, each having a top and bottom and a main body with a plurality of tines projecting therefrom mounted to the bottom of the handle. The distal ends of the tines form an angle of about 45° and 60° between the ground and a l... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7613588 | Shoe shape selection method, shoe shape selection system and shoe tip shape selection method A shoe shape selection method selects an appropriate shoe shape from a plurality of kinds of shoe shapes prepared beforehand, based on a plurality of items of data on a customer. The plurality of data items include the foot length of the customer, the foot girth of ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7594604 | Process for visually validating identification badges A process for validating an identification badge or plastic card for a plurality of predetermined periods of time. The process includes generating, preferably randomly, an initial image for an initial predetermined period of time and then transmitting this initial i... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7526929 | Tights The invention provides tights that are capable of efficiently training the psoas major while preventing discomfort of wearing the tights due to the high elastic portions provided over an area in which no load for the psoas major is required. There are provided tight... | 05/05/2009 |
| D582658 | Shoe | 12/16/2008 |
| D583041 | Portable dryer | 12/16/2008 |
| D579606 | Headband | 10/28/2008 |
| D575946 | Pair of heels for shoe outsoles | 09/02/2008 |
| D575486 | Pair of shoe outsoles | 08/26/2008 |
| D571090 | Pair of shoe outsoles | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380354 | Shoe that fits to a foot with belts A shoe with belts according to the present invention comprising an upper, a sole S that has a first and second roll-up portions S11, S10 rolling upwards along side faces of a foot, and first and second belts 51, 52. The first belt 51 is f... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7353855 | Awning head rod molding and assembly A head rod molding and awning system adapted to be mounted above or below the roof line. The head rod molding member comprises an elongated member having an upper edge and an opposite lower edge along its length. A guideway is provided on the front side of the elong... | 04/08/2008 |
| D561442 | Pair of shoe outsoles | 02/12/2008 |
| D561434 | Pair of shoe outsoles | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325336 | Wrestling shoe with separated outer soles The wrestling shoe according to the present invention comprises outer soles 1F and 1B separated forward and rearward on the side of a grounding surface of the shoe. The fore and rear outer soles 1F and 1B essentially protrude downward fur... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322131 | Shoe with slip preventive member An object of the present invention is to enhance durability of the non-slip member of the shoe where a lot of non-slip protuberances are fixed to the surface of a base fabric. The shoe of the present invention comprises an upper 20 that covers an instep of a ... | 01/29/2008 |
| D553846 | Shoe outsole and midsole | 10/30/2007 |
| D552833 | Shoe | 10/16/2007 |
| 7253302 | Mixed esters of dicarboxylic acids for use as pigment dispersants Novel mixed esters of dicarboxylic acids with monohydric fatty alcohols and propoxylated fatty alcohols show unexpected superior properties as pigment dispersants, especially for inorganic pigments used in foundations, make-ups, lipsticks and physical sunscreens. Th... | 08/07/2007 |
| D546550 | Sock | 07/17/2007 |
| D542522 | Shoe midsole | 05/15/2007 |
| D539440 | Awning head rod molding | 03/27/2007 |
| 7176329 | Monocarboxylic acid esters of propoxylated fatty alcohols as pigment dispersants A novel fatty polypropoxylate ester which is an ester of an aliphatic or an aromatic monoacid formed by reacting the acid with a stoichiometric excess of a polypropoxylated fatty alcohol. The compounds have the following structural formula: | 02/13/2007 |
