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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 |
| 7360809 | Kick-in resistant door reinforcing assembly A kick-in resistant door reinforcing assembly consisting of a doorway hook having a laterally outwardly extending doorway engaging face; a jamb hook having a laterally inwardly extending jamb engaging face; and at least a first hook interconnecting flexible band spa... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7036851 | Latching system for sliding window A latch system for securing a sliding window to a fixed member, the latch assembly including a latch housing, a catch housing, and a latch assembly. The latch assembly includes first and second latch arms and an actuator. The latch arms are pivotally secured to the ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6926316 | Portable security locks A portable security lock for use with a hinged door includes a base plate that hooks into a keeper opening in a strike plate and a latch plate that is pivoted on the base plate and carries a locking foot which bears against the door when the door is closed. A slidin... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6874825 | Drawer locking assembly A drawer locking assembly includes a panel has a first side and a second side. The first side has a pressure sensitive adhesive thereon for selectively attaching the first side to a vertical surface adjacent to a drawer. A post is attached to the second side of the ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 5890751 | Floor mounted door lock A keyless floor mounted door lock of this invention has a horizontal rectangular frame with a rectangular opening therein having first and second sides and opposite ends. A first downwardly extending bar is secured to one of the sides of the frame and a s... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5685580 | Portable door locking device A portable door locking device including an attachment plate dimensioned for coupling with an existing striker plate on an existing door jamb. The attachment plate has a central aperture therethrough. A locking bar is threadable through the central apertu... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5664814 | Portable lock A portable lock for preventing a door from being opened from the outside. The portable lock has a body formed from two symmetric covers with two spring-biased pivoting handles and a slidable adjustment rod protruding from the assembled body. The adjustmen... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5539954 | Abutment swivel doorstop An abutment swivel doorstop has a mounting plate mountable onto a door frame, a stop member pivotally and slidably mounted on the mounting plate, a biasing means for urging the stop member in the disengaged position, a keeper pivotally mounted on the moun... | 07/30/1996 |
| 4763938 | Heterogeneous wire and pane provided with such a wire A portable door lock is provided for a door having a latch engageable in an aperture in a latch plate secured to a door frame, the latch plate having a tongue extending into the aperture from a front edge of the latch plate, and the tongue being spaced fr... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4337973 | Door lock A portable door locking apparatus has a body having two end portions and a retaining hook member movably attached to the body between the end portions. The retaining hook member has a hooking end portion shaped to engage an opening in a door jamb striker ... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4290635 | Door locking device There is provided a portable door lock having an elongated flat bar for insertion between a door and a door frame, a slide block on the flat bar, and a brace member which supports two spaced apart contact surfaces such that one surface can rest against th... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4169619 | Portable security lock A portable, lightweight security lock for doors comprising an elongate movable abutment member and an elongate catch member pivotally secured thereto. The abutment member has a laterally extending abutment portion for disposition in proximity with the doo... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4043578 | Portable door lock A door lock which can be slipped from the inside between the edge of a door and the jamb into the latch plate carried thereby and adjusted to engage the door and prevent inward swinging. It is made as a single assembly consisting of a narrow carrier strip... | 08/23/1977 |
| 3997206 | Portable security locking device A portable security locking device comprising a U-shaped bracket adapted for application to a conventional door at the bottom outer corner and an elongated lock bar having a plurality of apertures along its length and a telescopic extension having alignab... | 12/14/1976 |
