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 |
| 7328488 | Hose clamp clip A clip and hose clamp for holding the slotted distal portion of the clamp band against the clamp band to prevent harmful contact with the distal end of the clamp band. The clip includes a main panel having side panels orthogonally extending from side margins of the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7222374 | Head gear fitting system According to one embodiment of the invention, a fitting system for a helmet is provided. The fitting system includes a belt having supported racks coupled to a belt adjustment device. The belt adjustment device is operable to allow a user to tighten the belt, and re... | 05/29/2007 |
| 6360518 | Automatically adjusting shaker head harvester with steering correction and improved shaker head mounting A harvester incorporating at least one force balanced shaker vibratory brush as the harvesting apparatus uses a sensing system connected to a plurality of spring feelers carried on a shaft to generate a torque value responsive to the location of the shape... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6270124 | Band adapter for front derailleur A band adapter is provided for adapting a front derailleur of a bicycle to smaller sized frame tube. The front derailleur has a fixed member or tubular clamping member that is adapted to be coupled to the seat tube of the bicycle, a chain guide for shifti... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6053504 | Clamping ring for flange connections in cable fittings and pipes A clamping ring for a sealing system has a channel for receiving flanges of the pipe connections and seals is formed of a plurality of segments, which are pressed radially on the flanges by a strap retainer, which has an arrangement for tightening the ret... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5547152 | Pipe mounting bracket A clamp assembly (10) includes a corrosion resistant coated pipe (12) secured to a plastic two piece clamp (14). The clamp has a arcuate pipe receiving base member (16) and a flat cover member (20) that is snap fitted to the base member to clamp about the... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5357654 | Ratchet diving mask strap The present invention is to offer a ratchet diving mask strap which can be adjusted to a desirable tightness even under water through a process of two-piece opposite direction displacement tightening by turning the adjusting knob to tighten the two sides ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5203786 | Hepatic resection clamp A novel surgical clamp is provided for application to the liver, comprising an upper flexible band and a lower base, which are attached at their distal end. The proximal end of the lower base terminates in a handle. A worm drive apparatus for receiving th... | 04/20/1993 |
| 4706346 | Clamping collar An improved clamping collar of the type comprising a hooped band, one end of which mounts thereon a support for a rotatable screw which meshes with teeth stamped at the opposite end of the band. The support is formed by a portion having a U-shaped section... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4686747 | Worm drive clips A worm drive clip comprises a housing having a driving worm screw inserted therein, with the housing comprising an upper part and a bottom part for enclosing the worm screw and a flexible band with transverse ribs and transverse openings inserted in the h... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4579356 | Chuck key holder A chuck key storage attachment for use with an electric drill for conveniently storing a chuck key. The attachment is retained against the body of the drill itself by a chuck key retention means which in turn retains the chuck key in the attachment. The c... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4546524 | Hose clamp apparatus An improved hose clamp apparatus for alternatively clamping, tightening and/or release of a hose associated with a collar of an engine, motor, pump or the like, in tightly confined or constricted spaces most accessible primarily from a direction substanti... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4530524 | Apparatus for clamping a hose onto a coolant tube A radially contractible hose clamp is provided with axially spaced serrations having inwardly facing openings and spaced gripping edges symmetrical about a centerline of each opening, with the serrations extending substantially the entire circumference of... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4528730 | Hose clamp The disclosure relates to a hose clamp comprising a band, a housing having a pair of juxtaposed legs having tabs engaged in load transfer relationship in an aperture in one end of said clamp band, and a screw journaled in said housing engageable with the ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4497090 | Wire grip clamp with radially-directed screw take-up A radially-adjustable wire grip hose clamp made of a single wire strand forming a pair of coaxial, axially-spaced clamping loops. Each loop having a portion progressively traversing a seat element as said clamp is adjusted by a radially-disposed screw thr... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4267622 | Hose clip apparatus Clip apparatus for use in securing a member such as a hose to a pipe or the like. The apparatus includes a housing secured to one end of a spirally configured flexible strip. A rotatable driving member carried by the housing is formed with threads engagea... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4237588 | Clamp for pipes or the like A clamp for pipes or the like has a band whose width is constant save for two recesses in the marginal portions of one of its end portions which is received in the housing of the clamp. The bottom wall of the housing has projections which enter the recess... | 12/09/1980 |
