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 |
| 4917339 | Reversing device for swivelable rails or movable frogs within the crossing area of a railway switch In a reversing device for rails which are swivelable around a swivelling axis, or for movable frogs within the crossing area of a railway switch, the swivelable rails or, respectively, the movable frogs are supported in their position being in alignment w... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4589617 | Frog for switches This invention relates to an improvement in a frog for switches, in particular for rapid transit switches, with a junction rail mounted in a rotatable manner and adapted to close a gap between pairs of rails of straight or branch track, the improvement co... | 05/20/1986 |
