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...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 |
| 5351842 | Shelf and support assembly The shelf and support assembly of the present invention utilizes a unique curved-front, wall mounted, ventilated shelving system using one type of bracket with one type of shelf and an optional hang rod assembly to make shelving systems for a linen type s... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5350072 | Residential integral shelf and hanger rod An integral wire shelf and hanger rod having a plurality of support brackets for interconnecting the rod with metal shelf. Each support bracket has a U-shaped section and spaced upper and lower arms welded respectively to the shelf and the hanger rod. The... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5348168 | Releasably mountable caddy devices This invention is directed to caddy devices mountable on non-porous surfaces by means of suction cups which are easily repositioned in all directions. The devices are characterized by streamlined frame portions, support elements for slidably receiving suc... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5335794 | Sports equipment support rack A sports equipment support rack is a combination of a fixed main frame, a basket, and a hoop and hook assembly. The fixed frame includes bat retainers for supporting a plurality of bats, and parallel guide members for removably supporting such similarly s... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5325973 | Bicycle support rack The present invention relates to a bicycle support rack that includes a shelf piece and a U-shaped bracket. The shelf piece is anchored to a wall along the rear, and has front corners supporting retaining hooks and apertured fixtures. The U-shaped bracket... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5326062 | Shelf connector The shelf connector of the present invention forms a single bracket for the attachment of shelves to a support frame. The shelf connector can be manufactured from either metal or plastic and adapted for installation on either round or square tubing. The s... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5307944 | Ski equipment support rack A ski equipment support rack for mounting to a wall and for removably and uprightly supporting skis, ski poles, and other accessories of the sport. This ski equipment support rack comprises bent metal wire elements fixed together in relative positions by ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5305898 | Merchandise saddle display system A merchandise saddle display system for attachment to a vertical wall of a display case, including a male back containing at least two vertically aligned slots, and means for attaching the male back to the vertical wall, a saddle adapted to be cantilevere... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5289927 | Releasably mountable caddy devices This invention is directed to caddy devices mountable on non-porous surfaces by means of suction cups which are easily repositioned in all directions. The devices are characterized by streamlined frame portions, support elements for slidably receiving suc... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5257702 | Display and dispensing device A display and dispensing device for picture frames includes a wire or rod rack open at its front and top and a rod formed door includes upper and lower lateral bars terminating in integrally formed eyes rotatably engaging a vertical front end rod of the r... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5257700 | Fishing rod support rack A fishing rod support rack has upper and lower wire frames. The lower frame has a continuous wire hoop, a wire shelf assembly, and a plurality of bent wire loops all welded together. The upper frame has a continuous wire hoop and a plurality of bent wire ... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5253770 | Merchandising unit A merchandising unit comprises a structure having a rear displaypanel and two side spaced-apart parallel panels joined to the rear panel at upstanding columns and further upstanding columns extending at the outer edges of the side panels. A rectangular fr... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5240122 | Bicycle support rack A bicycle support rack generally comprises metal rod or wire elements welded together, including a single rod or wire element that is bent at its ends to form a pair of horizontally spaced rim hangers. Each rim hanger can removably support one bicycle off... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5232189 | Pliable wire soap holder The invention is a wire frame which is bent in an "S" like formation to form a soap holder for two bars of soap. The top of the "S" frame being slightly concave to allow a bar of soap to set on the top. Two suction cups are attached to the frame to allow ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5230282 | Garbage packaging system A packaging system comprises a rack for bundable material and a twine dispenser. The rack has a transverse slot open at one end through which twine may depend from the twine dispenser for tying in a loop around the bundable material without the necesscity... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5209359 | Tennis equipment support rack A tennis equipment support rack has a fixed frame in combination with a basket. The fixed frame includes a single wire element that is bent to form a basket support rack. The basket has a front, a back, and two opposite side walls. At the upper edges of t... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5199581 | Golf equipment support rack A golf equipment support rack generally comprising metal wire elements welded together including a pair of wire elements bent to form golf bag hangers. These golf bag hangers are horizontally spaced and provide removable and upright support for a pair of ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5197611 | Tissue paper roll storage and gravity feed A holder or rack for dispensing a plurality of rolls of tissue paper has a open ended tray for holding the rolls of paper at an incline in a bathroom sink cabinet and has a stop member at the open end of the tray. The tray permits a roll of paper to be re... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5178287 | Collapsible support rack A collapsible support rack having a mounting member adapted to be placed on a vertical wall and a support member, attached to the mounting member, adapted to support the objects intended to be stored. The support member includes a plurality of rods spaced... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5160052 | Shelf support assembly The shelf support assembly comprises an elongated, vertical support member; a plurality of substantially U-shaped, horizontal support members; and a vertically disposed, elongated, connecting member. The U-shaped, horizontal support members are in spaced ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5143228 | Garden equipment support rack A garden equipment support rack has a fixed frame in combination with a removable basket. The fixed frame has a first single wire element that is bent to form a basket support rack. The basket has a front, a back, and two opposite side walls. At the upper... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5100008 | Utility hanger A storage system is disclosed which utilizes the space between adjacent joists or wall studs. A preferred embodiment is disclosed in which a hanger is attached between adjacent floor joists and has hooks driven into the floor joists to securely retain the... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5099993 | Insect screen dispensing system including a box and support arrangement A system for dispensing insect screen in retail stores includes a roll of screen, a box having a specially configured slot, and a holder for the box, all arranged such that the screening can be pulled from the box and cut to desired lengths.... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5063721 | Bracket for attachment of wall linings Bracket destined to be mounted on a wall to extend therefrom and so designed that a separately manufactured material in the form of sheets, such as a glass wool mat, is suspended on the bracket by pressing the material against the bracket and causing the ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5031783 | Adjustable wire display rack Disclosed is a wire rack display unit having vertical support means, horizontal wires attached to and movable along the length of the vertical wires and brackets. In a preferred embodiment the brackets are attached to the horizontal wires by means of posi... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5014860 | Shower caddy The invention is directed to a bath caddy mountable by means of suction cups on a non-porous surface which is positionally adjustable in four directions and has a frame including a horizontal element, a plurality of members attached perpendicularly theret... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5002190 | Sports cap rack A hat rack adapted to display at various attitudes, a plurality of different peak caps discloses the use of a single longitudinal element carrying a plurality of secondary elements spacially there along, each of the second elements carrying at least two m... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4991722 | Product display hook A hook for displaying products in front of a shelf includes a bracket adapted to be mounted on the shelf, a bearing, a stop and a detent, a journal rotatable in the bearing between a product display position and a product clearing position, a product carr... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4944390 | Merchandising system for paint brushes and the like A merchandising system for paint brushes and the like characterized by open-top shipping cartons each having a removable top cover and a wire frame within the carton having a base member retained against the bottom wall of the carton and a plurality of pe... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4913297 | Display unit An apparatus for displaying merchandise adjacent a display structure is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame and an attachment mechanism for securing the frame to the display structure so that the frame is rotatable about a vertical axis, thereby pro... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4890747 | Magnetic tape storage system A storage rack for use in a wall-mounted system, the storage rack including an array or horizontally aligned, generally equally spaced, generally parallel storage rail provided on a rectangular frame. Rack support brackets are provided behind the frame so... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4884702 | Display rack A rack for freestanding use or wall installation having several pairs of horizontal rods which receive inserted brackets of various types of supports for merchandise. Vertical stiffeners are spaced apart along the rods to prevent rod displacement. A shelf... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4878586 | Rack and tube member for organizing electrical cords A wall-mounted rack for flexible electrical cords. The rack includes a pair of parallel, laterally spaced, vertically aligned, post members interconnected by at least one horizontally disposed interconnecting member having a medial portion adapted to faci... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4846356 | Rigid clothes drying rack A clothes drying rack adapted to be fixed to a ceiling and between lateral walls surrounding a bathtub. It includes a rectangular frame having cross-bars secured to the frame. The frame is supported to the ceiling by a pair of brackets having a flange in ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4842230 | Fastener means for securing wall grids to a support surface A two-piece fastener means comprising a grid bracket and a concealment member having a hook for use in securing a wall grid to a support surface. In securing the wall grid to a support surface, one or more of the grid brackets are used. These grid bracket... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4813535 | Wire rack display system with simplified re-stocking features A wire-frame display rack system for mounting on a vertical pegboard, comprising a pair of spaced-apart arms with both vertical and horizontal members, a rectangular wire frame forming back and side walls, elongated mounting hooks secured together by a ho... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4807567 | Inverted bottle water dispenser for large animals A somewhat flattened inverted water bottle has oppositely slanted surfaces at the lower end which face away from each other. An inverted cap engages at a mouth opening in one of the surfaces and has a water dispensing tube which extends outwardly and down... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4779743 | Boot rack for western boots with side attached pullstraps A rack (1) for hanging western boots (8) by their pullstraps (7) for storage, drying, protection, and display. The ends of the hangers (3) are turned inward toward each other to allow easy insertion into the pullstraps (7). The midsections of the hangers ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4730799 | Glue gun organizer A glue gun organizer including a metal base for glue to drip on, a U-shaped member for holding the glue gun, a specific area for the storage of extra glue sticks, a tray for the presentation of parts, a pair of members for storage of an electric cord and ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4724967 | Display hanger The inner end portion of a wire hanger of the loop hook type is formed with a pair of downwardly opening hooks which enable the hanger to be attached universally to a grid-type rack, to a flat elongated bar or to the side panel of a paperboard merchandise... | 02/16/1988 |
