...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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| 7175440 | Ezee boy equine therapeutic and instructional riding aid A life sized model horse assembly includes a body section with a moveable neck section and a moveable head section. The legs of the body section are mounted to a base member for maintaining the model horse assembly in an upright orientation. The model horse assembly... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6456914 | Method of determining a vehicle steering wheel angle A method of determining a vehicle steering wheel angle by receiving at least one steering sensor output from at least one steering sensor. The method then receives a vehicle speed signal. A centered steering angle is determined based on the received vehic... | 09/24/2002 |