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 |
| 7387143 | Tire filled with recycled and curable elastomeric material and method A first tire having a cavity filled with cured and foamed elastomeric material and a recycled foamed elastomeric material. The recycled foamed elastomeric material was removed from a second tire for recycling in the first tire. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7159632 | Non-pneumatic bicycle tire A non-pneumatic bicycle tire has a main tire body and at least one rim retaining member. The main tire body includes a rim engagement portion and a ground contact portion with a ground contact surface. The at least one rim retaining member is fixedly attached to the... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6944948 | Device for sealing a lubricant reservoir and method for lubricating the internal cavity of a tire A method of lubricating a tire cavity and more particularly the interface zone between a safety support and the inside the cavity of a tire enables lubricant to be dispensed in the interface zone only when the mounted assembly comprising the support, the tire and a ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 4909972 | Method and apparatus for making a solid foamed tire core A method of making a solid core locatable between a wheel rim and a tire fitted to the rim, includes introducing a foamable composition into a mould cavity having a substantially inflexible mould surface. The cavity is suitably shaped so that a core locat... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4722377 | Tire safety support system A safety support system for a tubeless tire and rim assembly which is adaptable for field mounting of the tire on the rim. The tire cavity within the tire contains a safety support body made up of an outer ring member and an inner ring member. The outer r... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4514243 | Tire for wheelchairs and the like A tire for a wheelchair wheel or the like in the form of a composite extrusion comprising a relatively soft, elastomeric casing extruded over a semirigid core. End faces of a length of extruded stock are joined by thermal fusion developed by a ferromagnet... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4369825 | Multiple wheel tire with reduced noise The present invention discloses a vehicle tire, which radiates low external tire/road rolling noise and comprises a rim (1) to the periphery of which a multiplicity of in axial direction separated sub-tires (5) are attached, each of which has an outer dia... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4071279 | Solid polyurethane tire and wheel assembly A solid industrial polyurethane tire and a wheel assembly comprised of such a tire adhered to a rigid central core, or hub. The hub is generally adaptable to fit onto an axle of an industrial vehicle. Said polyurethane, itself, is prepared by reacting a c... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4027712 | Tire filled with lubricant coated cellular particles A tire has its tire cavity filled with inexpensive lubricated light cellular particles and thereby avoids deformation and flattening of the tire upon loss of inflation pressure while maintaining vehicular control.... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4008743 | Pneumatic tire with puncture resistance internal safety structure A pneumatic tire with an internal toroidal safety structure that expands and provides emergency support between the tire tread and the wheel rim if the tire loses inflation pressure. The safety structure has an outer circumferential belt comprising one or... | 02/22/1977 |
