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 |
| 7328792 | Toilet plunger cabinet system A toilet plunger cabinet system for conveniently storing and transporting a plunger in a hygienic and aesthetically pleasing manner. The toilet plunger cabinet system includes a base for receiving a lower segment of a plunger and a cover removably connected to the b... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7222745 | Plastic boxes and methods for making same A box includes a base having a substantially rectangular perimeter. A pair of side walls and a pair of end walls extend upward from the perimeter of the base to form a box bottom having rounded corners and vertices. The box bottom includes a mouth at the top thereof... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7093726 | Curved display shelf A curved display shelf comprises an arcuate sidewall having an upper edge, the sidewall including at least one groove from which to hang merchandise; a top panel secured to the upper edge; and at least one hook operatively secured to the slatwall member for hanging ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6904719 | Storage attachment for deck railing A storage shed for attaching to the railing at the edge of a deck, such shed having an enclosure assembly mounted on the deck railing while being held in place by doors. The shed preserves deck floor space by hanging principally within and on the outside of the deck... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6267461 | Sport ball storage apparatus and method for storing and dispensing a sport ball A ball storage apparatus is provided for storing a sport ball. The ball storage apparatus includes a ball container defined by a wall and having an upper portion and a lower portion. The ball container is arranged and configured to accommodate the ball to... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5667082 | Ball caddy system A ball caddy includes a housing with dividers forming compartments within the housing. The compartments retain various size sports balls in a vertical arrangement The dividers have two hinged segments which are independently adjustably mounted within the ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5531356 | Golf ball dispenser This invention contains and arranges spherical objects such as golf balls in an orderly manner so that the contained objects can be easily accessed. The spherical objects can be dumped in, in quantity, yet removed simply and easily one at a time.... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5184735 | Golf ball display rack A golf ball display rack (2) includes a generally vertically oriented body (4), a base (6) at the bottom (8) of the body and a plurality of vertical dividers (14) mounted to the body to define a plurality of vertical ball slots (16). Each of the ball slot... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5147119 | Sock storage and dispensing apparatus This invention comprises an apparatus for storing and dispensing socks which includes an elongated tubular member of a predetermined diameter having a slot extending axially therealong and connecting to an enlarged opening at one end of the member where a... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5123719 | Golf ball dispenser apparatus A golf ball dispenser apparatus is arranged for accommodating plural columns of packages permitting ease of dispensing of the packages with separation of the packages and permitting removal of individual components therefrom.... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4917264 | Double-depth modified serpentine can vender An article dispensing machine (10) comprising a cabinet (12) containing a plurality of upstanding columns (14),(15),(16) each of which includes a first serpentine track unit (17) having an upper article receiving end (19) and a lower article dispensing en... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4793481 | Ball carrier A carrier for holding and facilitating handling of a plurality of baseballs. The carrier is in the form of a toroidal raceway provided by a plurality of annular rods which define the inner and outer peripheral limits of the raceway. A spring loaded gate i... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4676371 | Food storage container A food storage container, such as for a type of fruit or vegetable, with an upwardly facing mouth with a removable cover for charging food into the container; the container is composed of a plurality of interconnected panels, a floor panel, front, rear an... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4155002 | Golf ball heating device A device for maintaining heated golf balls at an elevated temperature under playing conditions is desired. A heated container is provided with dividing means, such as a moveable wall, which may be operated during removal of a selected heated ball so as to... | 05/15/1979 |
