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 |
| 4141399 | Expandable bag with internal biasing means An expandable bag having a closure and insert in said bag, said insert comprising a pair of parallel sheet members, a first means biasing said parallel sheet members apart, and restraining means external to the bag and operable maintain the sheet members ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4132257 | Protective device for logs and log racks A protective device for stacked logs and log racks is disclosed; the device generally including a flexible sleeve open at one end and along one longitudinal side and having a closable opposite end; the device adapted to be secured directly to the log rack... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4115909 | Reinforcing insert for collapsible packages A cardboard insert for reinforcing collapsible packages, such as see-through plastic bags, is formed from a onepiece blank in which a number of panels are separated by score lines. The panels are sized and shaped to define the desired form, generally a ri... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4102488 | Disposable container A disposable container consisting of a tetrahedral-shaped chamber and a base member formed from a paperboard blank pre-coated with an adhesive layer and having folding guides at desired locations to provide the base with arms to hold the chamber. The cham... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4082216 | Carton and bag container A collapsible carton and plastic bag container is provided from a single sheet of plastic material and a single layer of paper board which is affixed to the plastic sheet material.... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4069853 | Protective cover for wigs A very low cost protective cover for placement over a wig carried on a wig stand resting on a flat surface, the wig cover having thin transparent flexible plastic material walls of similar shape with each wall having two opposed parallel sides and two opp... | 01/24/1978 |
| 3980225 | Self-standing bag A self-standing bag is made of two similar side wall sheets disposed in an opposng relation and a bottom wall sheet having two edges thereof heat-fused with the lower edges of the two side wall sheets and being folded along a central folding line into the... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3970241 | Flat bottom bag The invention relates to a flat bottom plastic bag and to methods of forming the same in which the bag is provided with an initial closed bottom that is further sealed between the bottom and the sides to produce a double-sealed, double-thickness closure.... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3955727 | Carrier bags for bicycles A carrier bag for attachment to a bicycle comprises an enclosure of semi-flexible material and a substantially rigid, three-dimensional frame received within the enclosure, the frame being shaped to match and being in engagement with at least two adjacent... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3935993 | Free-standing container A free-standing container has a pair of like coextensive and outwardly convex side walls whose opposite lateral edges are heat-sealed together along straight seams to form an upright tube whose top and bottom are closed by respective upper and lower end w... | 02/03/1976 |
