...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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| 7003214 | Recording, edit, and playback methods of audio information, and information storage medium Audio information is recorded in units of tracks on an information storage medium on which audio information and management information that pertains to the audio information are recorded, and information indicating the playback sequence of the audio information is ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6276280 | Elevated train track support device An elevated toy train track is formed from multiple platform sections (12, 14, 16, 18) and a stabilizing ring (48) that are attachable together to form a ring-like structure (10). Each platform section has at least two lateral sides (34, 36), where one la... | 08/21/2001 |