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 |
| 7178875 | Chair apparatus A chair apparatus for supporting a back of a person. The chair apparatus has a backrest and at least one support member attached with respect to the backrest. Each support member extends away from the backrest and forms an implantable element which can be inserted i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6123379 | Locking mechanism for vehicles A locking mechanism used in a vehicle for locking and unlocking a movable structure to a fixed structure includes a base plate secured on the movable structure, a striker secured on the fixed structure, a latch rotatably supported on the base plate to eng... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5988750 | Substantially non-freestanding backrest A substantially non-freestanding backrest for supporting a person in a reclining position. The rest assembly comprises a support structure of two preferably pivotally intersecting leg members having a torso support member coupled therebetween. A lower bac... | 11/23/1999 |
| 4824171 | Collapsible beach chair A collapsible beach chair which is formed from a covering, such as canvas, which is folded and joined together to define a pair of seat compartments and a pair of back compartments with the compartments being joined together by a transverse hinge portion ... | 04/25/1989 |
