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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 |
| 7371039 | Slat replacement system A slat replacement system for removing damaged slats and inserting new slats in an animal pen. The slat replacement system includes a base assembly for resting on a floor of the animal pen. A frame member is rotatably coupled to the base assembly. A motor assembly i... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7290672 | Tower crane device A crane tower device includes a basket that supports a tower crane and sits within a bay formed by the vertical columns of a building under construction. The basket and the tower crane are supported by support stubs that are attached to the vertical columns. Because... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7219810 | Mobile crane with elongated boom The invention concerns a mobile crane with a long main boom. According to the invention, the main boom is in two parts linked at a swivel point in such manner that the boom can bend when raised and can be positioned in extended or quasi-extended final erection posit... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7147117 | Tower crane device A crane tower device includes a basket that supports a tower crane and sits within a bay formed by the vertical columns of a building under construction. The basket and the tower crane are supported by support stubs that are attached to the vertical columns. Because... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6685038 | Extendible boom with locking mechanism having equalizer arrangement A extendible boom incorporates a locking mechanism that mechanically engages an extended boom section in response to the loss of hydraulic fluid pressure to the lift cylinder for that boom section so as to prevent unintended boom lowering. The locking mec... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6286695 | Engine lifting and positioning assembly In an aspect, the invention features a base structure and a main column vertically attached to the base structure, the main column having a mounting plate affixed above the base structure, the mounting plate adapted to attach to an engine. A rod is connec... | 09/11/2001 |
| 5549442 | Article transfer apparatus An article transfer apparatus for moving at least one article from a first position to a second position wherein a single drive independently drives one of two lift arms that are reciprocally movable between the first position and the second position inde... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5375963 | Multipurpose lifting apparatus A lifting apparatus includes a mast that is mounted orthogonally (perpendicularly) to the plane of a base supported by wheels. A beam and tension member are connected pivotally to the mast and further to a carriage assembly support in such a manner that t... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5237690 | System for testing adaptor card upon power up and having disablement, enablement, and reconfiguration options A data processing system such as a personal computer includes a plurality of expansion connectors for receiving adapter cards. A non-volatile memory stores programmable option select (POS) data that is stored when the system is configured. A Power On Self... | 08/17/1993 |
| 4763800 | Mobile lifting apparatus A mobile lifting apparatus has a chassis with front driving wheels and steerable rear wheels. A vertical mast comprised of a pair of extendible hydraulic cylinders is spacedly mounted on the front of the chassis. One or more jam stay cylinders are mounted... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4630741 | Extendible boom including a rack and pinion mechanism An extendible boom utilizing a rack and pinion mechanism to enable reciprocating movement of a work head such as a spray for agricultural application beneath orchard trees, the boom comprising a hollow section having a substantially rectangular cross-sect... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4596336 | Mobile crane According to the invention a extendible and retractable luffing jib (13) is hingedly supported by a main boom (10,25) which can be positioned in a horizontal position, which luffing jib (13) protrudes at its rear side over some distance beyond the main bo... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4508233 | Compact heavy duty lifting crane A Compact Heavy Duty Lifting Crane (CHDLC) for removing and installing heavy objects such as engines and transmission from vehicles. The CHDLC incorporates a feature that allows the vertical lifting angle of the telescoping boom (40) to remain constant as... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4394914 | Telescopic cranes In a telescopic crane comprising a telescopic shaft and a variable length boom pivotally mounted on the end of the shaft, the position of the boom relative to the shaft is controlled by a jack pivotally connected at one end to the shaft and at the other e... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4240558 | Self-propelled crane with a telescopic boom and additional boom means In a self-propelled crane with a crane frame constituting the base for a telescopic boom an additional boom articulatedly supported to any other part of the telescopic boom than the upper end thereof or to the crane frame and an additional supporting arm ... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4125193 | Climbing device for climbing crane A climbing device for a climbing crane wherein two upper supporting arms are supported vertically movably by a main cylinder having its upper end pivoted to the upper portion of a guide frame which in turn is intrusively attached to a mast, and two lower ... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4099634 | Combined motor puller and stand A combined motor puller and stand having a forked leg base, on rollers. A vertical column is hydraulically adjustable in height and the top of this column has a horizontal arm, with a roller carriage within the arm. Midway along the vertical column there ... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4042116 | Track laying tractor with movable boom which can be tilted laterally A track laying tractor comprising a tractor body having a framework supported laterally by a pair of track units, a crane placed upon one of the sides of the tractor body and having a movable boom which can be tilted laterally and pivoted at the base on a... | 08/16/1977 |
