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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 |
| 7543419 | Insulated structural building truss panel An insulated structural truss panel, comprising: a rectangular panel body formed of a rigid foam material and a parallel arrangement of at least first and second trusses embedded longitudinally within the panel body at predetermined on-center spacings between and pa... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7356970 | Metal building construction A metal building is disclosed that employs interlocking vertically extended panels of improved configuration including improved insulated wall panels, unique corner constructions, and unique window and door arrangements. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7316749 | Spray booth structures A panel for connection with other panels, comprising a rectilinear base member having outer edges, a first rectilinear side member extending from one edge of the base member, the first side member having a first lip extending from an outward edge of the first side m... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310919 | Grain bin flooring system A grain bin floor panel formed from sheet metal. The grain bin floor panel is comprised of a first flange, a second flange, and a center support disposed between the first flange and the second flange. The center support is connected to the first flange by a first s... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308965 | Noise abatement wall A noise-absorbing device includes a substantially flat base and embossed and/or hollow elements each including at least one recess. This base reveals with the embossed and/or hollow elements, a configuration exhibiting a fractality zone of between 1 cm and 50 cm, of... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302776 | Baffled attic vent Baffled attic vents and methods of their use and manufacture are provided. The baffled air vent of this invention includes an elongated member having a roof facing side and an attic space facing side, a pair of longitudinal side portions, first and second transverse... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293823 | Interlocked pillar and roof rail joint A joint assembly for joining a tubular B-pillar to a tubular roof rail. The joint assembly includes an inner bracket plate and an outer bracket plate that are welded to each other around the roof rail and B-pillar. A flange of the roof rail is received in a slot for... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278244 | Concrete stud wall system A concrete stud wall system includes elongated mounting strips having mounting brackets that are pressure inserted through longitudinally spaced slots in the outer flanges of the studs and tracks for attaching a reinforcing mesh and encapsulated by a poured concrete... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7204062 | Straight face vinyl siding The present invention is a vinyl siding panel and a method of making the vinyl siding panel. The vinyl siding panel comprises a planar portion extending the longitudinal length of the vinyl siding panel. The planar portion comprises a first edge and a second edge. T... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7182172 | Sound insulation system A sound insulation system for use with a vehicle includes a layer of fibrous padding material having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface includes multiple spaced apart recesses. The second surface includes a substantially flat surface p... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7162839 | Non-slip material The invention provides a slip stopper which achieves a great slip stopping effect, and can be used for a location where a problem occurs if a through hole is opened therein. In a protruding portion that protrudes from the upper surface of a steel plate in the plate ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156243 | Perforated decking A corrugated decking is provided that has a plurality of top horizontal surfaces, a plurality of bottom surfaces, and a plurality of transition surfaces, each transition surface connecting one of the top horizontal surfaces to one of the bottom surfaces. One of the ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134252 | Retrofit hurricane and earthquake protection Retrofit connectors that secure together the outside sheathing and underlying structural members of wood-frame or masonry houses, preventing damage when subjected to lateral stresses from a hurricane, or transverse loads from an earthquake. The connectors have speci... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121053 | Reinforced slab made of cement conglomerate, method for the manufacture thereof and associated reinforcing structure A reinforced slab, in particular able to withstand concentrated loads, has a substantially flat reinforcing structure (20) which is situated at a distance from the bottom (12) of the mould (10) and arranged at a height such as to allow embedding... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7100528 | Rigid flag replica and methods of making the same A rigid replica of a flag of the United States consists of a background, a field and a plurality of emblems, the background comprising individual U-shaped channels comprising colored red and white horizontal stripes, the field comprising a solid blue panel and the e... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100336 | Concrete building panel with a low density core and carbon fiber and steel reinforcement An insulative, lightweight building panel is provided with a lightweight, insulative foam core and which includes one or more carbon fiber or steel reinforcements and an exterior concrete face which are manufactured in a controlled environment and can be easily tran... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093470 | Methods of making integrally stiffened axial load carrying skin panels for primary aircraft structure and fuel tank structures Methods for making skin panels suitable for use in aircraft structures and fuel tank structures, such as fuselages and reusable launch vehicle propellant tanks. A first method includes the following steps: machining a starting plate to a final part geometry; and exp... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083515 | Clean room facility and construction method A vibration-inhibiting flooring structure for use in a facility housing vibration sensitive equipment includes a perforated bearing floor which includes a number of openings configured to inhibit the propagation of vibrations across the floor. Such a flooring struct... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7040436 | Snowmobile slide A snowmobile slide includes a slide member having specific guide members therein for guiding, supporting, and contacting single runner and multiple runner snowmobile skis. The guide members including pairs of raised vertical ribs and a groove. The vertical ribs defi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028441 | Structural member and a method of manufacturing said member The structural member (1) has a generally U-shaped cross-section and comprises a base portion (2) and two leg portions (3) extending at substantially right angles from said base portion. The member comprises at least one thin sheet or foil which... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021017 | High strength low density multi-purpose panel A high strength low density multi-purpose panel. The preferred panel is made of a plurality of boxes, organized into rows and columns, and each preferably including four alternately inverted voids. The voids are preferably triangular in cross-section and rounded at ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6968652 | Flooring device for positioning on joists A flooring device is disclosed for positioning on joists for allowing easy maneuvering on floor joists in an attic. The flooring device includes a plurality of substantially rigid panels arranged adjacent to each other in a series. The invention also includes a conn... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959519 | Corrugated polymeric zigzag sheet for greenhouse roof structures A sheet structure includes a pair of corrugated sheets formed in a zigzag pattern, the pair comprising an upper sheet and a lower sheet. In an exemplary embodiment, each of the pair of corrugated sheets further includes a flat portion disposed at selected intervals ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6951263 | Sound absorber, especially for motor vehicles, and a method for producing a sound absorber A sound absorber (A), especially for motor vehicles, comprising a layer (4) of absorption material, such as open-pored or optionally closed pored foamed material or a wood fiber composite, and a top layer (5) . The aim of the invention is to produce an... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945002 | Reinforcement for prefabricated concrete panels with improved bonding to concrete A reinforcement for prefabricated concrete panels with improved bonding with concrete, which comprises profiles to be embedded in a concrete body of a panel. At least some of the profiles have perforations and undulations which are suitable to increase the bonding b... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6920775 | Panel crimping machine having a gap adjustment mechanism The present invention is a crimping machine capable of forming an improved building panel that includes notched inclined side walls. The crimping machine imparts a unique design of notched inclined side walls. The crimping machine incorporates two sets of male and f... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6905165 | Vehicle floor structure A vehicle floor structure is provided in which a plurality of cross-members are extended between left and right floor frame members at predetermined longitudinal intervals, and a floor panel is mounted to the left and right floor frame members and the crossmembers. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901709 | Concrete panel skirting system for manufactured homes and method for making the same A system for skirting manufactured homes or similar buildings with modular concrete panels. The concrete panels are placed in edge-to-edge relationship about the perimeter of the building, and are secured to the rim joist by metal keys that interfit with adjoining e... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6877286 | Insulative window covering A thermal window insert includes at least two substantially parallel, substantially transparent sheets of flexible polymer material having a gap therebetween. The two sheets are bonded together at deformations formed in at least one of the sheets, and have a size ap... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6868645 | 3-Dimensional mat-system for positioning, staggered arrangement and variation of aggregate in cement-bonded structures This invention refers to the manufacturing of structural and impervious members by slurry-infiltration in a 3-dimensional mat system, which consists of single layers (2). The single layers are preferably meshes. The structural system is a composite material c... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6862847 | Force-resistant portable building The present invention discloses, in certain aspects, a portable building with a plurality of interconnected walls defining an interior space therebetween, a floor on which the walls are positioned, a roof structure connected on top of the walls, a layer of sprayed-o... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6826887 | Plastic blow-molded panel with improved structural geometry An improved plastic blow-molded panel structure is shown and described that is lightweight and provides superior resistance to sagging, warping and creeping under high stress loads, especially when used in a horizontal position. The disclosed panel structure include... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6761840 | Fiberglass railcar roof A fiberglass railcar roof that includes a fiberglass surface with a central portion and a peripheral portion adapted to be joined to the upper edge region of a railcar. In some embodiments, the roof includes plural elongate fiberglass ribs extending transverse to th... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6755005 | Method and apparatus for stiffening and apparatus A stiffener system includes a stiffener and a fastener means. The stiffener includes an extruded body that includes a plurality of projections. The stiffener couples to the apparatus to facilitate increasing a structural integrity of the apparatus. The fastener mean... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6708459 | Sheet metal stud and composite construction panel and method A composite construction panel having a thin panel of concrete material and a reinforcing grid of sheet metal studs with embedment portions which are actually embedded into the concrete panel, each of the studs having a web, main web openings through the web, a righ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6691482 | Decking Decking including a profiled panel having a plurality of open-faced spaced ribs attached to a plurality of respective connecting sections. Each of the ribs defines a recessed area. A panel is received within each of the recessed areas and attached to the ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684593 | Integral structural shell component for an aircraft and method of manufacturing the same A structural panel component, such as an aircraft fuselage shell component, includes a single integral part having longitudinal and crosswise stiffening elements integrally arranged on a skin sheet. This integral component has been formed by a high speed ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6675540 | Portable building for human occupancy A robust portable building for use by persons for meetings, classroom use, entertainment facilities, trade show displays, or for human habitation, which provides an entry height of only seventeen inches above ground surface and which has the look, feel, a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6612092 | Wall structure with improved strength A wall for making tanks includes two superimposed plates connected to each other at respective spaced apart connected points distributed on a surface of the plates, at least one of the two plates, between respective connecting zones, bulging outward, so t... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6612084 | Clean room and method A clean room which avoids the problems attendant with the raised floor found in prior art clean rooms uses a perforated floor upon which equipment can be directly placed. The perforated floor includes a regular array of openings through which air can pass... | 09/02/2003 |
