...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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| 6386321 | Self leveling tree stand A tree stand, for attaching onto a tree and creating an elevated platform thereon, comprising a platform having a pair of side members, a pair of seat supports pivotally attached to the platform, a bracing system for fixing an angle between the platform a... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6189544 | Hair grip with pairs of teeth A hair grip has two elongate one-piece jaws connected by a spring-loaded hinge and delimited by two respective first longitudinal edges, two respective other longitudinal edges. The respective other longitudinal edges each carry spaced curved penetrating ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 4414992 | Hair fluffing device A hair fluffing device comprising two comb like elements pivotally interconnected such that in the unstressed condition the teeth of one of the combs lie substantially along and between the teeth of the other comb. There is a resilient member mounted betw... | 11/15/1983 |