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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 |
| 6675407 | Solenoid activated bathtub drain closure A solenoid activated bathtub drain closure is associated with the bathtub having a bottom with a drain opening therein. A vertically movable drain stopper is mounted over the drain opening. A drain pipe is connected to the drain opening and is conventiona... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6470514 | Drain valve A drain valve 1 comprises a body 10 having a cylinder portion 11 and a branch portion 12, to which are mounted a plug 30 constituting a valve seat and a hose joint 70. A poppet 50 constituting a valve means is slidably inserted to the plug 30. An operatin... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6367102 | Drain assembly with installation aid stopper guide A drain assembly mountable in a drain opening of a wash basin includes a movable stopper guide that can be used during installation to align the drain flange to the drain body from above the sink. The stopper guide supports at an upper end a stopper for c... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6308351 | Electromatic pop up drain An "Electromatic Pop Up Drain" for electronically raising and lowering the pop up drain plug in lavatory sinks. The "Electromatic Pop Up Drain" has infrared sensors as a triggering device, ac-dc electric motor as the actuating device, positioning and conn... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6154898 | Wastewater drain control for fluid compartments A wastewater drain control for fluid compartments has a waste water discharge port in the bottom thereof and in communication with a vertical drain pipe. A valve seat element is in the pipe below the port and has an inclined annular valve seat surface and... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5996143 | Pop up lavatory plug The pop up lavatory plug comprises a body which depends from a head and has a trailing connector. The connector is elongate and has a linear array of bores therein. The head has a cavity in a top surface thereof which engages an overcap. Extending downwar... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5509150 | Drainage fixture A drainage fixture for a sanitary device, such as a sink, lavatory, or bathtub having a drainage socket with a drain hole includes a drainage funnel and a stationary disk inserted into the drain hole of the sanitary device. A plunger, including a plunger ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 4945579 | Drain valve activator assembly A drain valve activator assembly for a container such as a bathtub is disclosed. In one embodiment, there is an overflow plate mountable on a side wall of the tub at the overflow outlet. A stem is positioned through the plate so as to rotate on its own lo... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4727604 | Waste stopper arrangement An improved stopper arrangement is provided, for use with a remote stopper actuating mechanism having a mechanical lever system for raising a central post to which the waste stopper is attached. The improved stopper has a central spindle to which is attac... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4622701 | Mechanical waste mechanism A rocker beam construction for use with plumbing fixtures, for insertion within a drain tube to transmit stopper opening motion from a drain actuating linkage acting at one end of the drain tube, to the stopper located at the other end of the drain tube, ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4411028 | Device for actuating a poppet of a tub drain valve An apparatus for operating a poppet valve which is mounted in a tub drain for upward and downward movement in a vertical drain pipe which also has a laterally extending horizontal tubular drain pipe portion comprises a guide tube which extends radially of... | 10/25/1983 |
