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 |
| 5074604 | Door knob and latch retaining device The disclosure describes a latch retaining device to maintain the latch of a door in an inoperable position, which includes at least one body member adapted to engage and grip the door knob of the door so as to retain the door knob in its latch releasing ... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5014871 | Closable vessel The vessel comprises a part having an end portion which is introducible into a second vessel part and which has a cylindrical outside surface formed with an annular recess. The second vessel part has a connecting part having a cylindrical inside surface f... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4399593 | Hose clamp with wedged lock The invention relates to a non-reusable hose-clip, intended to ensure for example the connection of two tubular members. The invention also relates to a tool for tightening the clip. The clip is composed of a band forming a loop comprising a free end (2). It i... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4142646 | Device for the metallic sealing of an intermediate partition on a vessel A device for the metallic sealing of an intermediate partition on the smooth inner wall of a cylindrical vessel, particularly with large diameters, by means of a sealing ring which is variable with respect to its diameter, on which sealing ring, the inter... | 03/06/1979 |
| 3955836 | Outlet for underfloor and concealed installations An outlet for underfloor and concealed installations for insertion into a tubular opening in concrete or flooring finish, which includes a hollow tubular body having its lower outer edge bevelled against which a correspondingly bevelled portion of a split... | 05/11/1976 |
