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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 |
| 7240791 | Method of packaging and selling natural stone This invention comprises a unique method for the sale of natural stone, special packaging for the stone and a method of doing business to make the stone available in high volume stores to the average consumer. The method comprises prefabricating the stone into slabs... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7021024 | Cartridge insert which fits into a box An integral, generally rectangular corrugated fibreboard blank folds to form an insert having three air cells for cradling and protecting a product. Two of the air cells stand vertically with the third air cell suspended between them. A product rests on the third ai... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6938770 | Blister pack display holder A blister pack display holder for holding a plurality of blister packs arranged vertically comprising a back plate adapted to be hung on a vertical structure, a frame with an open top end arranged adjacent to the back plate with a slight gap therebetween, wherein th... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6874678 | Shipping and display container The carton has a front panel provided with a dispensing opening. Partitions extend from an inner back panel to organize the contents of the container. A shelf is formed at the bottom edge of the dispensing opening to facilitate the dispensing of the contents. A cove... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6523694 | Article-embedded folding container and method for producing same A packaging blank capable of forming a container having at least two internal compartments comprises in one embodiment a substantially rectangular bottom panel having opposing first and second side panels, a substantially rectangular top panel connected t... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6183460 | Multi-use solution container having flaps The present invention provides a container for holding medical solutions, wherein the container comprises a fluid-tight chamber, the chamber having opposing first and second edges and opposing first and second surfaces, and a flap extending from an edge o... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6016906 | L-card An L-Card for accommodating stacks of articles such as soap bars. The L-Card includes a compartment for receiving promotional items which may be sold with the stacked articles. The rear face of one of the panels forming the compartment advantageously cons... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5896996 | Foldable packaging box assembly for a bearing A packaging box assembly includes a box including a bottom plate having a first side and a second side, a first plate having a first end portion foldably extending from the first side of the bottom plate and a second end portion, a first cover foldably ex... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5881885 | Article packaging Capture/display packaging structure for a ball-like, or other hand-manipulable, article including an enclosure having spaced, opposite sides and an open exposure window intermediate those sides exposing a capture/display area for an article, and pinioning... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5794785 | Container for a vanity top or the like A packaging container that includes a top and a bottom is formed for holding and displaying an item, such as a vanity or the like. The packaging container is generally formed from blank having a plurality of panels and flaps. A back panel has a first lowe... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5702002 | Packed electric lamp The packaging carton of the packed electric lamp has an incision line through diagonally opposed edges in respective side walls adjoining these edges. Boundary lines extend in each of the two side walls from said incision line to a point P of the edge, wh... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5605229 | Bulk vertical window package A package for packaging a plurality of frangible items, such as windows, doors and the like, includes a plurality of separate items, which includes a plurality of slotted upper and lower pads, a top sheet, a bottom sheet and end caps which are assembled t... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5156266 | Foldable container blank A foldable, flat sheet is assemblable into a container by folding and sealing together of peripheral tab portions of the sheet. By this invention, at least one of the peripheral tab portions defines a central portion having aperture means proportioned to ... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5156276 | Package with product display A package for the point-of-purchase display of a product wherein the package comprises a combination of a container section, a pedestal section, and a retainer section. The container section comprises bottom and top walls with upstanding side walls. One o... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5114002 | Reinforced display box Rigidification of a display carton having shadow panels and an intermediate object-receiving partition is accomplished by providing for engagement between the shadow panels and the bottom wall of the container to fix the position of those panels, thereby ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4905820 | Display carton A display carton formed from a one-piece paperboard blank and having a front wall that includes a pair of inner and outer panel sections each with a pair of inclined shadow panels that form a well for holding and supporting a packaged article. The inner s... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4779726 | Packaging Packaging for spherical articles such as golf balls or basketballs, the packaging being formed from a blank of cardboard including two square panels, two rectangular panels and two triangular panels. The rectangular panels have circular recesses open to e... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4574946 | Open-front carton for toy vehicle An open-front carton for packaging and displaying a toy vehicle, the carton having an internal locking device to prevent unauthorized withdrawal of the vehicle. The carton includes a back wall, a bottom wall and a platform elevated thereabove, the vehicle... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4470502 | Shadow box adapted to be end-loaded A shadow box with an inner central panel having an inner bottom panel, the said inner central panel providing a recess to receive a product, the said inner bottom panel facilitating the insertion of the product into the bottom of the carton by machine and... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4407409 | Carton with suspension support and blank for forming same A carton for suspending an article within the carton and a blank for forming same has a collapsible arrangement for automatically forming the suspension support. This arrangement includes two parallel bridge panels, each of which is hingedly coupled at it... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4264006 | Shadow box with improved platform assembly This disclosure is of a shadow box for retaining and displaying an article with an improved built-up platform assembly to support the base of the article packaged in the box, which assembly absorbs shocks to the package and prevents the article from loose... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4200188 | Product display carton A product display carton has four rectangular wall panels forming a rectangular tube. Retaining panels are connected to the wall panels only at the front edges of two opposing wall panels. The retaining panels, each of which has a product-receiving cutout... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4162008 | Shipping and display carton for an electric lamp or similar article, and resulting package A reflector-type incandescent lamp having a glass envelope with an end face or lens component that is coated with a film of colored plastic is retained within a paperboard shipping and display carton by a peripheral flange structure and an end closure tha... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4159765 | Display carton A shadow display carton and blank for making same with top and bottom portions of a front panel in position to frame the article to be displayed, and die cut folded sections at the top and bottom of the carton to support and restrain the article away from... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4155445 | Display box A display carton for an elongated bottle of smaller length and width than the carton is characterized by upper and lower support structures for restraining lateral and longitudinal movement of the bottle within the carton. The upper structure is in the fo... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4128168 | Display carton with retaining panels A display carton for an elongated bottle which is substantially equal to the length of the carton, but is of smaller width than the carton, is provided with top and bottom retaining panel structures to prevent lateral movement of the bottle within the car... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4126220 | Display carton and blank therefor A display carton for an elongated bottle which is equal in length to the display carton, but which bottle is of smaller width than the width of the carton is characterized by top and bottom support structures located within the carton for engaging the opp... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4117924 | Display carton A shadow box style carton for merchandise, such as a product packaged in a tube or bottle, which carton is formed from a single paperboard blank and which is in the form of a collapsible tube with end closure flaps and a partially open front or top throug... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4109786 | Carton for round articles A carton made of paperboard designed to contain and display round cylindrical articles and hold them in angular position to prevent slippage and rotation which would move the front of the cylindrical article out of registration with the display opening in... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4099612 | Display carton for lamp fixtures A display carton for accommodating various sizes of glass lamp fixtures, of variable widths as well as heights, comprises basically a three piece construction, including a first upper member having a base and a peripheral upstanding wall portion, and a lo... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4037717 | Display carton A shadow display carton and blank for making same with top and bottom portions of a front panel in position to frame the article to be displayed, and die cut folded sections at the top and bottom of the carton to support and restrain the article away from... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4032006 | Shock resistant container A shock resistant, generally tubular container for protecting and displaying fragile articles, such as bottles or decanters, is provided. It is constructed from a single blank of rigid material such as corrugated fiberboard. The container comprises a fron... | 06/28/1977 |
| 3987893 | Display carton and blank therefor A one-piece paperboard blank for erection into a display carton capable of supporting an article, such as an inflatable basketball, football, etc., in a manner that opposed surfaces of the article are exposed includes solid top, bottom, and side panels, w... | 10/26/1976 |
