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 |
| 5240218 | Retractable support assembly A vertically retractable support assembly comprising a plurality of telescoping sets of three or more laterally spaced vertical guide rods, the rods of each set being laterally tied at their lowermost ends to impart lateral stability to the rods thereof. ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 4445660 | Adjustable suspension support An adjustable suspension support having a suspensible vertical cylinder, a coaxial shaft in the cylinder, a brake device on the upper end of the shaft, a grip device carried by the lower end of the shaft with an associated lever, a spacer tube between the... | 05/01/1984 |
