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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 |
| 7263953 | Automatic pet trainer This invention relates to an integrated automatic device for training and feeding a pet, which also functions as a play mate while the owner is absent or otherwise engaged. A toy holder, when actuated by an ejector, throws a toy placed therein to a predetermined dis... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7231914 | Feed port for pneumatic projectile device An improved feed port for a pneumatic projectile device comprising a moveable feed port aperture attached to a pneumatic device through which projectiles can be introduced to the breech of the pneumatic device, the feed port having an aperture permitting the free fl... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7163009 | Toy gun for launching a foam projectile A toy gun for launching a foam projectile includes a housing having an outlet, an inlet, and a passage sized to receive the projectile. A launch station disposed in the housing and is arranged to receive the projectile, a crank rotates a resilient actuating paddle. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7059316 | Paintball shooting structure for a paintball gun A paintball shooting structure includes a cartridge in combination with a percussion device to receive multiple paintballs therein and is provided for a paintball gun. When an impact section of a firing pin of the percussion device is struck, the striking force push... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7004057 | Ammunition feeder Ammunition feeder with a handle portion and a head portion. The handle portion is integrally attached to the head portion. The handle portion is a flat elongate shape having raised portions to help the user maintain his grip on the handle. The head portion is shaped... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6935324 | Paintball munition chamber and paintball gun utilizing the same A hopper for a paintboll gun is disclosed. The hopper is a gravity feed hopper and has a lower profile than those in the previous art. The hopper fits closely to the profile of the paintball gun and may have multiple chambers along with unidirectional gates to contr... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6915792 | Paintgun with a revolving disc for feeding paintballs The invention relates to a paintgun having a barrel assembly with a barrel and a firing mechanism for paintballs; a trigger assembly connected with the barrel assembly for actuating the firing mechanism; and a revolving disc for feeding paintballs interposed between... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6811494 | Shooting game machine and shooting game system A shooting game machine includes a target unit in which targets are arranged at four stages. A token discharge device faces the target unit and is operable by a game player to discharge a token while selectively aiming at any of the plurality of targets. Display uni... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6503411 | Stable compositions In a composition which has an amorphous, undercooled, glassy phase containing a water-soluble or water-swellable substance in an amorphous form, a sugar, which is capable of existing as a crystalline hydrate, is used as an agent to dehydrate the amorphous... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6481429 | Simulated gun A simulated gun for use with a disk-shaped or substantially disk-shaped flying member made of a metal as a bullet for discharging it forward, the simulated gun comprising: a gunbarrel having the hollow whose cross section along a direction normal to a fly... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6071428 | Stable compositions In a composition which has an amorphous, undercooled, glassy phase containing a water-soluble or water-swellable substance in an amorphous form, a sugar, which is capable of existing as a crystalline hydrate, is used as an agent to dehydrate the amorphous... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5842907 | Radio-controlled toy missile launcher A radio-controlled toy missile launcher with missile launch mount having a first end mounted on a chassis and a second end movable upward and downward. The missile launch mount has at least one missile projector accommodating a missile. A supporting membe... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5445138 | Coin game A game unit having a skill game combined with a prize dispenser. A coin toss gun shoots or tosses coins at targets in the skill game. A wheel unit has a flat top surface. A wiper wipes coins landing on the top surface in geometric paths which may lead to ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5370571 | Toy projectile launching devices Projectile launching toys include a surface suitably configured to support and guide a projectile, a lever pivotally mounted so as to traverse a portion of the surface in the direction the projectile is being guided, a manual actuator coupled to the lever... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5326108 | Coin game A game unit having a skill game coined with a prize dispenser. A coin toss gun shoots or tosses coins at targets in the skill game. A wheel unit has a flat top surface. A wiper wipes coins landing on the top surface in geometric paths which may lead to ta... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5249528 | Fireworks support kit A kit construction includes a first organization to mount firecrackers and the like of an explosive nature, having a first tube reciprocatably mounting a second tube, with the first tube fixedly having an ejector rod coaxially directed to the first tube a... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5213089 | Toy gun A toy gun includes a barrel assembly comprising a plurality of side-by-side barrel elements, a plurality of missiles which are receivable in the barrel elements, and a firing assembly for impacting sequential missiles in order to launch them from the barr... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5125668 | Game involving toy vehicles The invention relates to a game in which an invading player sends a self-propelled vehicle into a defender's territory. The vehicle carries a gun which shoots ping-pong ball toward a goal, after a time delay. The invader chooses the time delay such that t... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5100153 | Game using radio-controlled vehicles The invention relates to a game using remotely-controlled miniature vehicles. One player drives an invading vehicle which shoots a ping-pong ball at a target which is defended by a second player. The defender fires balls at the vehicle and, if he strikes ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4834058 | Pellet-firing toy gatling gun A pellet-firing toy gatling gun includes a rotatable multiple barrel assembly with a number of barrels arranged in a substantially circular array that is rotated such that each barrel passes a predetermined firing position one time during each rotation of... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4291663 | Ball throwing machine A machine for throwing a ball with a cylindrical aperture. The machine comprises an arrangement for mounting a rod which carries the ball and which is rotatably mounted to fall from an initial vertical position to a selected angular position after a prese... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4261322 | Vehicular toll ejecting apparatus A toll ejecting apparatus for propelling at least one coin from a vehicle to a toll collection receptacle includes a hollow elongated barrel having a propelling mechanism mounted reciprocatively longitudinally therewithin. The mechanism includes a coin-re... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4120500 | Light image target with elevating and rotating projector Space flight game apparatus is disclosed comprising a projector for casting a light image on a planar surface, the projector being used in combination with projectile launching members. The light image may be moved on the planar surface and the projectile... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4036203 | Elastic band type toy cannon A toy cannon is disclosed which incorporates an elongate cylindrical barrel. A projectile is hurled by the cannon by inserting it at the mouth of the barrel. Inside the barrel, a plunger travels at the urging of rubber bands which are mounted on the exter... | 07/19/1977 |
