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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 |
| 4976365 | Pallet and container integrated with pallet A pallet which comprises a four sided platform with forklift tine receiving channels disposed at each side of the platform is disclosed. Horizontal surface engaging wheels are disposed on the bottom of the platform for supporting the platform and for enab... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4975019 | Rubbish collecting system A rubbish segregating and collection system makes use of a transporter that is placed at a town dump. The transporter has several containers to receive different classes of rubbish, each of which containers is removable from the transporter. When filled, ... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4974746 | Waste separation container A waste separation container for selectively separating and storing waste material includes a receptacle with an upper edge with slits in its opening upwardly to receive and hold a plurality of thin plastic bags in an open position. The slits are preferab... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4971200 | Packaging system for string lights A series of lights are mounted in side-by-side relation on a plastic support module. A second module is partially positioned in overlapping relation with the first module and a pair of holes on the second module are positioned onto the upper ends of a pai... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4969568 | Pen stand A modular construction which is suitable for use as a pen holder is fabricated from a plurality of flat board members detachably connected to each other by connecting members having a plurality of wing pieces disposed at a suitable angle relative to each ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4968625 | Centrifrugation vial and cluster tray A plurality of centrifugation vials having a common base form a cluster tray suitably shaped for receipt by a standard multiwell or cluster tray carrier for a centrifuge. The tray base is segmented into individual vial bases to facilitate separation of a ... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4966296 | Integrated food tray with individual separable food containers for heating and cooling food A food serving system in the form of a receptacle housing is provided which is initially integrated, but which includes at least two meal course portion containers which are separable. In such a system at least one separable portion is designed to carry a... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966298 | Locking container connector system A container is made of a substantially flexible material. A circumferentially extending array of longitudinally extending teeth are carried by the container and spaced from each other by recesses of a shape proportioned to receive identically-shaped teeth... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4950083 | Packaging for a liquid composition which is ready for use, produced from a concentrated liquid composition, and method for its implementation The packaging for the liquid composition which is ready for use, produced by some suitable dilution and mixing in a support product such as water of a concentrated liquid composition, comprises a bottle (1) having an overall rigidity which gives it a self... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4944924 | Test tube holder The test tube holder includes an elongated tubular member which supports a pivot member thereby rendering the tubular member and pivot member relatively pivotable with respect to each other. Latch members provided on the tubular member and pivot member ar... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4942975 | Container connector having a skewed installation configuration A container connector for interconnecting a pair of shipping containers to n essence form a single container of a larger size. There are to be utilized a plurality of these container connectors to secure together a pair of shipping containers. Each contain... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4940137 | Coaster carrier A carrier (10) for a six pack (20) of beverage containers (14) has rings (12) interconnected by strips (16) and (18). The rings (12) fit around the beverage containers (14) in a friction fit. The strips (16, 18) are severed from adjacent rings (12) to rem... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4930653 | Refuse container caddy apparatus A refuse container caddy apparatus is set forth wherein an overlying support tray removably secures a plurality of polygonal refuse containers wherein an underlying second support tray releasably secures a plurality of circular cross-sectional refuse cont... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4925066 | Combined sprayer and refill container A combined sprayer container and refill container for containing a liquid concentrate for later dilution and which containers nest and interlock. A sprayer container including a sprayer head for spraying liquid contained in the sprayer container. The spra... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4922811 | Bread pan fabricated of liquid-crystal polymer A bakery pan formed of injection molded liquid-crystal polymer has side walls and end walls which include an integral rib for receiving and retaining an encircling strap enabling several of the pans to be supported together in a module. A ferrous or magne... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4921116 | Steel drum A high strength metallic drum is disclosed having an high internal volume for given external dimensions. The drum is divided into annular top, middle and bottom drum sections. Each drum section has a constant diameter, with the diameters of the top and bo... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4919296 | Container A substantially rigid receptacle to receive a relatively flexible drink container of rectilineal form, the receptacle has a rectangular base and four rectangular sides and an open top, so as to provide a generally rectangualr hollow to receive the contain... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4919268 | Containers A container (1), such as a yoghurt or cream pot, is of tube-like form with a side wall of circular cross-section tapering towards the base (2) from an open mouth (3). The base and mouth comprise opposite ends of the container. A flange plate (4) surrounds... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4897358 | Tissue storage system The tissue sample storage system includes a tissue sample container that is detachably secured in a tray member. The tissue sample container has a cover member with at least one recess for receiving an auxiliary container and a base portion with provision... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4893719 | Compartmentalized separating container A compartmentalized trash container separable into three separate containers to receive recyclable trash includes three rectangular separate containers which nest together to form a rectangular shaped combination with a rectangular frame to interfit over ... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4889254 | Boxes for packaging or storage of various objects A box of molded plastic material for packaging or storage of various objects has a box body of polygonal cross-section which may be square, for example, and a closure lid. The different sides of the box are provided with complementary male and female guid... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4886239 | Ice cube maker This ice cube maker is an ice cube molding cup or container with closed sides and bottom, and open top closed by a hinged cover on which is a flat, flexible handle. The cover is secured in place by quickly engageable and disengageable catch members. Later... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4886179 | Reusable container for a piece of pizza pie or other food product An interlockable reusable container for a food product, especially for a leftover piece of pizza pie, made of a thermoplastic material comprising a pie-shaped base, two substantially flat side walls attached to the base meeting in a common vertex, one of ... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4884713 | Article organizing device employing hook and loop fastening material An article organizer having article-holding components releasably attached to a central base member by hook and loop fastening material operating in shear. The organizer has a central base member adapted to sit on a desk, table, or the like. A vertical mo... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4875620 | Fluted product cup A packaging cup formed from a resilient material has an integrally body having a product reservoir and a lip. The product reservoir includes a flat bottom wall and a continuous side wall integrally joined together about a smooth curve. The side wall exten... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4873921 | Multiple unit wok apparatus A multiple unit wok apparatus is provided for simultaneously cooking separate ingredients and, when cooked, the ingredients can be easily mixed together if desired. The individual wok units preferably have means for detachably interlocking each unit with ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4871083 | Gas cylinder locking mechanism A gas cylinder locking mechanism is provided to maintain threaded gas cylinders firmly in position on a manifold. The mechanism requires the use of at least two gas cylinders, each of which is provided with a locking tab. The tabs are in interfering relat... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4867330 | Serving tray A serving tray for carrying a plurality of plates includes a planar member having upper and lower surfaces and a peripheral edge and a lip extending upwardly from the upper surface of the planar member at the peripheral edge thereof. The planar member is ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4863057 | Dual locked container system A secure container system comprising a first container with a second container mounted thereon, the container having adjacent sides that are complementary to one another. The first container includes a pair of spaced channels and the second channel includ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4860896 | Locking ring for aluminum beverage cans A device for creating imaginative structures from used beverage containers and like cylindrical refuse having an annular belt member having a plurality of axially extending attachment means integrally formed on the outer surface thereof in spaced generall... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4856647 | Apparatus for connecting containers An apparatus for connecting containers to each other. The apparatus has three of elastic loops which compressively secure three containers inserted therein. One loop is oriented with respect to two other loops such that its longitudinal axis is substantia... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4856671 | Self-supporting storage container The present invention provides a self-supporting storage container which includes a bottom wall which is provided with a series of slits. These slits are preferably provided in the region of the bottom wall near a free, unconnected edge, and parallel to s... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4854466 | Hanging packaging cup A packaging cup of the type typically utilized to contain a small volume of a condiment and formed of a resilient material which has a reservoir and a lip which surrounds the reservoir with a lid sealed to the lip is improved by including support fingers ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4854465 | Container having depression for confining smaller containers This invention is a container that serves as a marketing and transporting device for wholesalers and retailers of unit volume (e.g., U.S. quart) oil containers, such as high density, polyethylene (HDPE) containers being marketed by various petroleum compa... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4854470 | Paint brush holder A multipurpose painting aid for use as a paint brush holder attachable to a paint tray as well as a portable, self-supporting, hand holdable receptacle for paint and paint brushes independent of the paint tray. The painting aid includes an open top recept... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4852726 | Multiple water color combination set A multiple water color combination set comprised of a plurality of flexible plastic tubes connected by means of connecting means made on each plastic tube, letting a socket cap be heat sealed with the flexible plastic tubes to form an integral unit immedi... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4846347 | Arrangement for supplying integrated components to an automatic insertion machine for printed circuit boards IC's are usually introduced into an automatic insertion machine stacked in stick-like magazines and inserted via a laterally slideable carrier device. According to the invention, a coupling element is provided with which the stick-like magazines, while st... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4834253 | Recycling container unit In a preferred embodiment, a recycling container unit that includes an upright outer open-top vessel and several insertable upright inner open-top vessels seated within space of the outer vessel, intermittently detachably attached to the wall of the outer... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4829006 | Centrifugation vial and cluster tray A plurality of centrifugation vials having a common base form a cluster tray suitably shaped for receipt by a standard multiwell or cluster tray carrier for a centrifuge. The tray base is segmented into individual vial bases to facilitate separation of a ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4826263 | Appartaus for coupling together two cabinets or the like An apparatus is disclosed for quickly coupling together two cabinets or the like, or disconnecting two such coupled cabinets from each other. In a preferred embodiment of the invention a first coupling unit is secured across the lower right side of a firs... | 05/02/1989 |
