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 |
| 7136052 | Bi-stable stylus for use as an input aid Embodiments of the present invention include a stylus for use with a touch screen having a digitizer, the stylus being configured to fit comfortably in the hand of the user and comprises: an elastic segment; an operating end tapered to a point coupled to the elastic... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7001093 | Collapsible pen A collapsible pen including a telescopically extensible barrel and a ballpoint refill cartridge having a ballpoint tip removably attached to the barrel. The pen further includes a ballpoint tip cap that releasably attaches to the refill cartridge. The extensible bar... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6283657 | Adjustable-length writing instrument The adjustable-length writing instrument is a pen or pencil cartridge fixed inside a substrate that is folded into an inner and outer portion such that the inner portion slides inside the outer portion to adjust the length of the instrument. In its extend... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6096296 | Method and apparatus for a wide stick crystalline deodorant A shaped crystalline deodorant is made from mixture of a mineral salt and water which is heated above the melting point of the salt, placed in a mold having the desired shape, and crystalized after insertion of an internally threaded member into the mixtu... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5889512 | Extendible stylus An extendible stylus includes a body and an extension telescopically engaged with the body. The stylus may be extended to an open position and collapsed to a closed position, where opposite ends of the stylus are farther apart in the open position. A firs... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5860754 | Mouth-held manipulating and writing apparatus for paralytics A telescopic, mouth-held manipulating and writing apparatus for paralytics consists of a replaceable mouthpiece, a fixed arm and an elongated extendable arm that interchangeably receives either a manipulating instrument or a writing instrument. An adjustm... | 01/19/1999 |
| 4951856 | Pen pack A pen pack is disclosed which is mountable on the back of the writing hand of a user to provide ready access to a writing, marking or scribing implement when required. The pen pack includes a telescopic writing implement and an actuating mechanism dispose... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4833902 | Key-holder with incorporated telescopic writing means A key-holder with incorporated telescopic writing means comprises a tubular body open at one end and closed at the other by means of a plug which carries key restraining means; into the tubular body there being threadable a writing means formed by a plura... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4770556 | Lipstick case A lipstick case includes a casing rotatably attached to the base, and driving means involving a "floating" sleeve which is spirally slotted and engaged both by lugs on the pomade support stem and on the base. The casing and base attach together in snap in... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4678356 | Extendable writing instrument A mechanism for housing a writing or marking cartridge includes means for retaining the cartridge in a retracted position within the housing and means for extending the operative end of the cartridge beyond the housing and releasably locking it in place f... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4616947 | Slide type cosmetic container with compound screw A slide type cosmetic stick vessel includes a middle saucer for holding a cosmetic stick, which has an engaging projection formed on the outer wall thereof, a body cylinder having a longitudinal guide groove through which the engaging projection slides, a... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4615632 | Slide type cosmetic container with compound screw A slide type cosmetic stick vessel has a middle saucer for holding a cosmetic stick, which has an engaging projection formed on the outer wall thereof, a body cylinder having a longitudinal guide groove through which the engaging projection slides, a thre... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4522522 | Pencil holder A pencil holder includes first and second holder members having coaxial longitudinal through bores which are sized for receiving a pencil. A converging neck is located at a lower portion of the first holder and a chuck arrangement positioned at the junctu... | 06/11/1985 |
