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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 |
| 7210886 | Fastener for curtain airbag A fastener for fixing a curtain airbag to a body panel of an automobile comprises a screw grommet having a shank to be inserted into mounting holes of an airbag-anchor portion and a body panel, and a flange to press the airbag-anchor portion against the body panel. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7150496 | Panel structure for car body hood A hood structure comprises an outer and an inner which form a closed cross section through spaces. The inner's cross-sectional shape is a sine curve, an nth-power-raised sine curve, or a spline curve having a corrugation length approximate to an outside head diamete... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7104350 | Large vehicle hood or trunk lid bodyshell element In order to protect pedestrians in the event of a collision with a motor vehicle, a bodyshell element forming a hood or trunk lid has at least one edge area with an outer part isolated from a support structure, in such a way that the outer part creates an energy-abs... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6966590 | Two-part seal for a slide-out room A resilient seal is mountable around the edge of an opening in a sidewall of a mobile living quarters through which a slide-out room travels. The seal includes two parts that slide together—a mounting portion and a-bulb seal portion—with the bulb seal portion be... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6945583 | Trim panel assembly having an integrated door bumper and method of manufacture In at least certain embodiments, the present invention relates to a trim panel assembly and a method of making the same. The trim panel assembly comprises a housing having a perimeter portion defining an opening. The housing comprises a housing panel and a housing s... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6637810 | Hood trim strip A vehicle hood seal and stopper assembly protects a hood, grill, grill insert, and headlight during closing of the hood. The seal and stopper assembly is secured to a lower surface of the hood and includes a primary seal member and a plurality of stopper ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6012760 | Weather strip for vehicle A weather strip is adhered to a vehicle by a double sided adhesive tape. The weather strip seals between the vehicle body and a door when the door is closed. The weather strip includes a first section extruded from a rubber material, which is vulcanized a... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5590926 | Structure for attachment of weather strip A structure for use in attaching weather stripping to the body along the side of a roof of a vehicle body, and is especially useful around a door opening thereof. A molding that extends along the side of a roof for covering an outside surface of the weath... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5275455 | Integral molding snap-in attachment fastener The present invention relates to an arrangement for attaching a decorative molding strip to an open keyhole-shaped slotted passage terminating in a lock hole provided in a vehicle body flange upper edge. A T-like fastener, integrally molded of elastomeric... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5149169 | Seal structure for the engine hood of a motor vehicle A seal structure for sealing a gap between a front edge of an engine hood of a slant-nose type motor vehicle and an upper edge of a head lamp thereof. At the upper edge of the head lamp, there is provided a projection having a upwardly and rearwardly incl... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4858988 | Vehicular window assembly A vehicular window assembly such as a front windshield in the preferred embodiment includes a window panel and a casing molded on a first portion of the peripheral edge of the window panel. A trim strip covers and finishes portions of the periphery of the... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4842327 | Convertible vehicle having dual rear quarter window assembly A rear quarter window assembly (26) for use with a vehicle convertible top (20) is disclosed as including a first rear quarter window (34) movable between closed and open positions by a window regulator (36) and having a rear edge (38) that is spaced forw... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4776422 | Motorcycle with fairing A motorcycle has a frame assembly having at least a head pipe on which a front fork is steerably supported, a pair of laterally spaced main pipes of rectangular cross section extending rearwardly from the head pipe, and a rear fork swingably coupled to th... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4611850 | Clip device for fixing window glass in motor vehicle A clip device for fixing a window glass in a motor vehicle comprises a body side clip secured to the vehicle body at a position adjacent an outer peripheral edge of the window glass, a screw threadably coupled to the body side clip, a clip body fixed to t... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4549761 | Vehicle body sealing arrangement A vehicle body sealing arrangement includes a primary weatherstrip having a carrier mounted to a door frame pinchweld and a weatherstrip mounted to the carrier and sealing against the inner wall of the door. A closeout strip includes a base portion releas... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4531335 | Clip and arrangement for flush fitting of windows The method of applying a glass flushly to a flanged window aperture comprises the steps of attaching resilient fixing clips (10), which have means (11) for attachment to the glass (4) and catch means (16) for locating positively on the window aperture fla... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4497516 | Sealing assembly for automotive front-pillar and side-door arrangement A sealing assembly for a front-pillar and side-door arrangement of an automotive vehicle, the pillar and door arrangement including a front pillar having a wall portion formed with an opening and a side-door sash assembly including a front portion extendi... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4389069 | Method of and a device for fixing a window molding onto a windowpane A windowpane assembly comprising a molding clip inserted between the circumferential end face of the windowpane and the riser portion of the fillister formed on a vehicle body for fixing a window molding onto the windowpane. The molding clip comprises a h... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4389068 | Device for fixing a window molding onto a windowpane A windowpane assembly comprising a molding clip inserted between the circumferential end face of the windowpane and the riser portion of the fillister formed on a vehicle body for fixing a window molding onto the windowpane. The molding clip comprises a h... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4179152 | Method and apparatus for securing fabric tops to a vehicle A method and apparatus for wind-proofing during inclement weather the connecting edges of a fabric top deployed on four-wheeled vehicles is set out, wherein the fabric top is conventionally secured to the frame of the vehicle by way of various fasteners, ... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4116483 | Window for vehicle cabs, especially for vehicles employed in agriculture and in construction A window for vehicle cabs, especially for vehicles employed in agriculture and in the construction industry, which window is provided with a pane pivotally connected to the vehicle by two upper joints. The pane is at its sides by inner supporting members ... | 09/26/1978 |
