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 |
| 7353569 | Hinge assembly for a flat display monitor A hinge assembly (100) for use in a flat display monitor (120) includes a base seat (10), a pivotal shaft (20) and a plurality of washers (30, 40, 50, 60, 70). The base seat includes a first end portion (12) and a second por... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7299525 | Self-locked hinge device A self-locked hinge device includes a hinge body, a first mounting plate, a second mounting plate and a locking mechanism, The first mounting plate is hinged to a first end of the hinge body, and the second mounting plate is hinged to a second end of the hinge body.... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7051404 | Self-locking hinge The self-locking hinge (24) includes a first plate (28) hingedly connected to a second plate (30). Fasteners (24) are provided on the plates to secure them to a member, such as a easel strut hinge (24) of picture frame back (20 | 05/30/2006 |
| 7007344 | Safety unit of hinge for folding ladder Disclosed herein is a safety unit of a hinge for a folding ladder to prevent a user's finger from being caught in the hinge when the hinge rotates. The hinge includes a first joint unit, a second joint unit, and a locking unit, and the safety unit is provided betwee... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6931693 | Damper mechanism A damper mechanism installed on an opening and closing device that has an arcuate plunger with the same radius of curvature of the cylinder it slidably mates with. A torsion coil spring causes the sliding action of the plunger into the cylinder in one direction.... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6442799 | Hinge A hinge comprising a base and a plate rotataby coupled to the base about a turn axis fixed in the base. The hinge further includes a swing member rotably coupled to the plate about a pivot axis fixed relative to the plate and a spring coupled between the ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6353968 | Single-button support mechanism A single-button support mechanism is provided to improve a turning means joining an upper portion and a body of a device. The support mechanism constructs a pivot and a holding groove at the upper portion and, at the body, a cam trough, a button groove, a... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6170910 | Child support with canopy pivot and method of use The invention includes a pivot that is preferably attached to a child's seat and used to adjust the position of a canopy. The canopy pivot can be adjusted by pulling on the canopy frame to move the canopy to a desired position. No separate locking mechani... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5455989 | Easel hinge An easel hinge includes an outer hinge plate and an inner hinge plate interconnected with each other for relative pivotal movement therebetween. The outer hinge plate has a relatively flat leaf portion terminating in a curled barrel at one side thereof an... | 10/10/1995 |
| 4984333 | Separable hinge connection A separable hinge connection comprising a leaf member and a pin means, the leaf member has a first hooked end which with a bridge overlying a body part of the leaf member couples the leaf member to the door and permits predetermined limited movement betwe... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4949427 | Hinge with integral detent and stop This invention relates to a vehicle door hinge which has an integral detent and stop. A spring having a flat surface portion and an arcuate surface portion is attached to a first hinge member with the arcuate portion of the spring curved about the axis of... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4218809 | Hinge joint In a hinge joint having compact hinge halves and porous fixing plugs (1, 2), the hinge halves are provided with recesses (26) and (27), and linked in an articulated manner and guided by at least one ring (3) and (4), respectively. The ring(s) (3, 4) run i... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4206532 | Hinge construction Complementary portions arranged in opposed relationship comprising inflexible short segments having inner straight edges, and rolled long segments fitting spaced apart notches on each of said portions, and a pivot pin extending through passages defined by... | 06/10/1980 |
