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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 |
| 7011381 | Counter top ticket dispenser, display, and writing stand A relatively tall embodiment of a lottery ticket dispenser with a small footprint is fitted onto the countertop of a check-out counter of a retail store. The dispenser includes a housing, the top of which is flat so as to provide a convenient place for customers to ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6644694 | Wearable folded map A foldable, weather-resistant reference guide for wearing on the arm, torso, or leg. The foldable, weather-resistant reference guide is attached to a soft, flexible keeping member that holds the reference guide in a folded configuration. The keeping membe... | 11/11/2003 |
| 5417345 | Dispenser for adhesive coated sheet material A dispensing device for use in dispensing sheets of material coated along one edge with a narrow band of readily releasable pressure-sensitive adhesive. The dispenser comprises a container having a pair of sidewalls connected by a top wall which is formed... | 05/23/1995 |
| 4995507 | Ticket dispensing structure The disclosed ticket dispenser is especially designed for the dispensing of series-connected lottery tickets and provides a box-like structure for containing the tickets which are exited through a slot in one of the structure walls. The structure is confi... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4984683 | Fine jewelry enclosing wearer identification and medical information therein A decorative piece of personal jewelry, such as, a locket worn around the neck of the user on a chain or a bracelet worn on the wrist of the user. A compartment within the piece of jewelry contains an attached identification and medical history of the wea... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4982837 | Key caddy device An improved key caddy device includes a rectangular strip of flexible sheet material that forms a case by overlapping the transverse edges and fastening them together with a first fastener assembly, e.g., a two-part snap button fastener, fixed to the stri... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4781306 | Stack of sheet material A stack of flexible sheet material for use in a dispensing device for dispensing individual sheets. The sheets are stacked with alternately opposite edges of successive sheets coated along one edge with a narrow band of readily releasable repositionable p... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4770320 | Sheet and dispenser package therefor A sheet including a layer of flexible polymeric material having a coating of repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive on a second end portion that is generally transparent when adhered to a substrate, while being free of adhesive along a visually distin... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4553665 | Refillable case for freshen-up cloths The refillable case comprises the bottom shell portion (1) and the cover shell portion (2) which are joined together by a hinge means (3). The shell portions (1, 2) enclose a circular chamber (4) in which are disposed two stacks of freshen-up cloths (6), ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4416392 | Dispenser for adhesive coated sheet material A dispensing device for use in dispensing sheets of material coated along one edge with a narrow band of readily releasable pressure-sensitive adhesive. The dispenser comprises a container having a pair of sidewalls connected by a top wall which is formed... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4191306 | Stamp dispenser Disclosed herein is a dispensing clip for retaining in folded pack up a plurality of stamps and for dispensing the retained stamps one-by-one. More specifically the clip is generally conformed to include two inwardly directed free edges extending from a c... | 03/04/1980 |
