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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 |
| 7288164 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing a honeycomb composite material The present invention relates to for a continuous production of a web of a composite material. The process comprises the steps of: providing a web of honeycomb material; providing at least one web of face sheet material having a corrugated medium with at least one l... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7222823 | Payload adapter A payload adapter consists of a body that when hollow includes a plurality of stiffeners—radial and/or circumferential—or alternatively a core for carrying shear loads. The body may include a first annular face sheet, a second annular face sheet and a plurality ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7117999 | Wheel rim stacking device A wheel rim stacking apparatus to stack at least two wheel rims in a co axial and vertical relationship. The apparatus including an annular flange including an inwardly directed substantially cylindrical shaped wall of a diameter substantially commensurate with the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6227515 | Variable mass platform The present invention is a platform, or tabletop, that is useful for mounting and supporting items, such as scientific equipment and the like, wherein the overall mass of the platform may be varied as desired. The platform primarily consists of a rigid ta... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5722626 | Reusable riser This disclosure relates to a riser comprising an elongated web having one or more folds which form at least one ridge and slopes extending away from the ridge. When in use as a riser, the web is positioned on edge so that the edge surfaces of the ridges a... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5706609 | Snow guard A snow guard that may be secured to both flat tiled roofs and undulating tiled roofs comprises a corrugated base including a central arched portion flanked by a pair of synclines, with a wing member upstanding from the base. The arrangement is inherently ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5419524 | Weight distribution pad for trailers An injection molded one-piece glass fiber reinforced weight distribution pad for supporting parked trailers such as tractor trailers, mobile cranes, fifth wheel campers and trailers, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and pickup camper units includes a ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5080314 | Roll stacker This invention relates to molded papier-mache supports for holding and spacing a plurality of rolls in a secure multi-layer stack. The supports are made of first and second sections connected to each other along a seam line. These sections are foldable to... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4798294 | Shipping tray assembly for an article having casters A shipping tray assembly for use in shipping an article having casters whereby a section of the tray assembly can be removed so that the article may be rolled out of the tray on its casters.... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4399972 | Portable support platform A portable support platform formed of lightweight material such as corrugated paperboard is disclosed. The platform is formed from a generally rectangular unitary blank having a rectangular top wall panel and opposed pairs of end wall panels and end flaps... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4390154 | Corrugated paperboard pallet deck A two-ply corrugated paperboard pallet deck wherein the corrugations of one ply extend at right angles to the corrugations of the other ply.... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4382733 | Freight cradle with replaceable deformable cushioning insert A disassembleable cradle for carrying internal combustion engines or the like is disclosed. The cradle includes two or more parallel bearers, each made, preferably of wood or plastics. Each bearer has two upright arms defining a U-shaped groove to receive... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4305508 | Equipment-carrying cradle A cradle for carrying an internal combustion engine or other equipment has at least two longitudinal connection members and at least two transversely extending bearers. Each of the bearers is made of a high-density high-strength compressible cushioning ma... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4284259 | Reinforced pull sheet In a pull sheet for use in conjunction with a fork lift truck, or the like, such sheet being generally formed of corrugated board, and more specifically being constructed as double back liner, and there are included a plurality of reinforcing tapes integr... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4103857 | Reinforced fiberglass pallet A pallet made of composite material including thermo-setting plastic reinforced with fiberglass forming a platform with integral ribs molded to and extending downwardly from the platform and steel rods molded into the integral ribs at a distance from the ... | 08/01/1978 |
| 3951730 | Compressible construction The present invention relates to a compressible construction to be used as isolation or as packing material, comprising equidistant bellow-like compressible layers, which are interconnected by a zigzag folded strip which is alternately connected to the la... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3940101 | Quick-bonding adhesively attachable support pads for palletizing containers Support pads formed of stacks or rolls of corrugated material have instant-bonding (pressure sensitive) adhesive on one surface thereof to adapt them for instant attachment to the underside of shipping containers, such as corrugated boxes, to provide an i... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3934805 | Appliance base A combination appliance base and carton bottom is disclosed. The base includes a top panel and a bottom panel with a reinforcement therebetween. The reinforcement includes a pair of beam members one on each side of the base and a reinforcing filler in the... | 01/27/1976 |
