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 |
| 6675421 | Regeneratively dehumidifying and deodorizing shoe insert A shoe insert includes: a housing insertable in a shoe interior and having perforations formed through the housing for directing moisture-laden air from the shoe interior into the housing, a gas-permeable filter cloth lined on an inside surface of the hou... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6202240 | Shoe insert A shoe insert having a body formed of a recycled waste paper material. The body has a hollow interior which opens at a bottom of said body. The body has a seat formed at a rear end thereof. The seat has a through hole formed in a top planar surface of sai... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6192540 | Woman's shoe insert The construction shape of a womans's shoe insert is similar to the inner portion of a shoe. An angled surface is formed at a rear end of the shoe insert which extends to a seat of a bottom end thereof. The angled surface has a locating trough which is bro... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5978996 | Shoe tree assembly A shoe tree assembly includes a shoe tree and an electrically operated disinfecting device such as an ultraviolet light emitting lamp. The shoe tree is inserted in a shoe and the disinfecting lamp inhibits the growth of fungi and other microorganisms, par... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5950323 | Desiccant accessory for shoes and the like A desiccant accessory for shoes and the like is provided for the removal of moisture therefrom. The accessory includes an external pouch having an internal chamber with an opening at one end, a transparent packet made of permeable material detachably conn... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5367735 | Weighted insert for footwear A weighted insert adapted to be fitted inside an athletic shoe so that the latter is caused to sink to the bottom of a washing machine bin to facilitate the cleaning thereof. The insert comprises a heel portion, a foot portion, and an axial member extendi... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5291669 | Shoe preservers A shoe preserver having a wicking portion and an absorbing portion retained within a flexible porous covering. The preserver is sized to substantially fill the volume defined by the interior of the shoe. A pair of preservers is interconnected by a flexibl... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5230115 | Tennis shoe accessory for cleaning A tennis shoe weighted device is disclosed herein for insertion into a tennis shoe during a washing procedure which includes a weighted body having a soap carrying compartment on one side and a resiliently mounted telescoping rod outwardly projecting from... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5065871 | Multi-deck type of rotary shoe rack A rotary shoe rack, comprising a post for mounting a plurality of ring-shaped rotary members respectively vertically separated from one another by a plurality of sockets permitting said ring-shaped rotary members to be respectively rotated with respect to... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4667817 | Shoe case A shoe case for storing a pair of shoes is provided and includes a built-in unit for dehumidifying the pair of shoes. The unit can also deodorize the pair of shoes.... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4418434 | Deodorizing boot stand Apparatus for the storage of boots and shoes includes two or more hollow boot-shaped form members removably supported in an inverted upright position by a base. The forms each have a foot-shaped end with a sole-shaped surface. Holes in the sole-shaped sur... | 12/06/1983 |
| 3979786 | Combined shoe tree and shoe deodorizer A vertical hollow tube closed at its top end has a first hole in its side wall adjacent its top end and is filled with gaseous deodorizer under pressure. A vertical hollow cylinder closed at its top end and open at its bottom end has a second hole in its ... | 09/14/1976 |
