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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 |
| RE40527 | Translatable head restraint for automotive seat backrest An occupant seat of a motor vehicle includes a backrest, and a headrest mounted atop the backrest on a pair of posts. The headrest includes a base portion supported by the posts, and an occupant-engaging contact portion that is supported by the base portion for rela... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7407231 | Vehicle seat with a headrest and headrest adjustment assembly A headrest adjustment assembly is disclosed for adjusting the position of a headrest relative to a seatback. The headrest adjustment assembly includes a guide disposed in the seat back, at least one holding bar disposed within the guide, the guide and holding bar be... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7364239 | Seat headrest An adjustable headrest that provides both support and comfort to the user and one that can be used in connection with various types of passenger vehicles. The headrest includes slide means for permitting easy height adjustment of the headrest and also includes means... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7347494 | Vehicle safety restraint system A vehicle safety restraint system comprises a portable base having a mounting assembly and a restraint assembly. The portable base may be a booster seat. The mounting assembly mounts the base to the seat of a vehicle and the restraint assembly restrains an occupant ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7264313 | Seat headrest An adjustable headrest for use with furniture and vehicle seats that includes novel slide mechanisms for permitting easy vertical and horizontal adjustments of the headrest relative to the seat. The headrest also includes wing-like side support members that are pivo... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7213884 | Vehicle seat with headrest comprising nuchal and lateral supports A vehicle seat has a headrest with a center pad and two side pads that are laterally hinged to the center pad. The side pads are swivellable forward into a resting position and back into a supporting position. The center pad has a variable pad hardness, with a firme... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7178874 | Lateral head restraint system A head restraint system for use with a vehicle seat and configured to cushion the head of a seat occupant in a lateral direction relative to the vehicle seat is disclosed. The head restraint system generally includes a head restraint cushion configured to be support... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156442 | Adjustable vehicle seat An adjustable seat for a vehicle includes a first support and a second support connected to the first support to form a seat, a mount for attachment to the vehicle floor; and an adjustment mechanism. The seat is movable between a forward orientation wherein the seco... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131698 | Vehicle passenger seat with adjustable headrest A passenger seat for a vehicle, including a frame for being attached to a floor of the vehicle, a fixed backshell attached to the frame, and a seat back attached to the backshell. A seat bottom is attached to the backshell, and a headrest assembly attached to the ba... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114780 | Headrest with adjustable connecting tubes An improved headrest with adjustable connecting tubes is disclosed. The improved headrest comprises a main body, two connecting tubes, a socket unit and several pairs of intermediate connecting tubes. A plurality of threaded insertion holes are provided on the lower... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7080886 | Headrest for a seat A headrest (1) for a seat (3), preferably a passenger seat, particularly an air passenger seat, includes at least one tilt adjusting device (27) and one height adjustment device (12) for adjusting the tilt or the height of the headrest ( | 07/25/2006 |
| 7032974 | Headrest assembly Certain exemplary embodiments provide an apparatus comprising: a headrest assembly adapted to non-destructively attach to a pair of uprights of a wheelchair. Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising: non-destructively removably attaching a headrest ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6942292 | Adjustable head restraint or headrest A tilt-adjustable head restraint assembly includes a hollowed head restraint body pivotally connected to a U-shaped mounting post. A ratcheting mechanism is disposed within the head restraint body and includes a ratchet interacting with a rack of ratchet teeth. The ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938958 | Adjustable head support A toddler head support having a unitary support member which includes a padded central support portion and padded side support portions having rounded ends. The central support portion includes a support panel which provides a support base for a wire that forms loop... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935695 | Portable traveller headrest A portable traveller headrest is provided. The portable traller headrest includes a bar that may be articulated so that it can be folded onto itself, the ends of said bar having transversal holes to fix the bar to a seat with a fixing mechanism that adapts to differ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6893095 | Horizontally pivoting headrest for motor vehicle A headrest assembly for a motor vehicle comprises a headrest pivotable between first and second positions. The first position is generally proximate a seatback, and the second position is generally proximate a side wall. ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6767064 | Translatable head restraint for automotive seat backrest An occupant seat of a motor vehicle includes a backrest, and a headrest mounted atop the backrest on a pair of posts. The headrest includes a base portion supported by the posts, and an occupant-engaging contact portion that is supported by the base portion for rela... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6682143 | Booster seat A booster seat having a body including a seat back and a seat pan for supporting an occupant thereon and an adjustable thigh support coupled to the seat pan and being movable closer to or further away from the seat pan. The booster seat further includes a... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6539560 | Head support device A head support device comprised of adjustable occipital pads which provide cranial support through placement on the mastoid process of the skull. The support device is vertically and laterally adjustable so that the complete weight of the skull is support... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6513871 | Headrest on a vehicle seat On a vertically adjustable headrest provided on a backrest of a vehicle seat, a perpendicularly extending center part is arranged on a front side. On the two lateral edges of the center part, a supporting part is pivotally connected in each case by way of... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6139106 | Headrest for dental use The present device is a small "U"-shaped, vinyl covered, foam filled pillow having two side mounted, hinged internal support arms which would adjust left and right with the use of a lock/unlock button. A follower arm is attached between the two support ar... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6120099 | Head-rest A head-rest for a motor vehicle seat defines a front face and two side faces. The headrest has two extendable elements which are initially totally retained in the head-rest, but which are adapted to move, with a sliding motion, to an extended position. Th... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6045183 | Child seat for vehicles A child seat for vehicles, particularly for passenger cars, having a seat bucket which has a seat surface, a back support and two side parts which laterally bound this back support. For improving such a child seat such that new function areas are opened u... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5967613 | Wheelchair support and attachment system A fully adjustable upper torso and head support positioning system that retro fits to nearly any standard wheelchair is provided. This system has two individually adjustable lateral pads to provide comfortable yet positive adjustable support to fit the un... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5934749 | Vehicle seat with removable bolsters and pivoting headrest members A seat for use in an emergency vehicle includes a base portion and a seat back extending up from the base portion. The seat back includes a pair of vertical cushions spaced apart and positioned on opposite sides of a central recess that houses a self-cont... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5752742 | Headrest for a vehicle seat A headrest for a vehicle seat having a backrest is provided which has a head cushion fastened to two supporting rods and two side pieces which are integrated in the head cushion. In the in-use position, the side pieces project laterally on the head cushio... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5669665 | Car seat cushion A child's safety seat cushion including a back, defining a head support region and a seat portion, and a pair of side supports projecting forward from each side of and in spaced-apart fixed relation to the head support region, wherein each side support in... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5645317 | Child seat apparatus A child seat apparatus such as a child safety seat for an automobile has head guards forwardly extending from both side edges of a backrest portion. The head guards are mounted on the backrest portion to be rotatable about axes extending substantially par... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5613736 | Removable headrest A removable headrest device for seats with headrest. The device includes two boards that are joined by an elastic and an non-elastic band that embrace the headrest of the seat, and extend forward a sufficient distance to serve as a support for a user. Vel... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5586810 | Adjustable headrest A headrest including two vertical rods, an upper horizontal rod, a lower horizontal rod, a pair of vertical supporting means arranged between the upper and lower horizontal rods and including a positioning rod and a guiding rod, a first pair of sliders sl... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5308028 | Headrest support for a wheelchair The headrest support for a wheelchair includes a horizontal member with a pair of slide-adjustable clamping blocks that each hold a vertical member. Spacer blocks are provided at the ends of the horizontal member for mounting the headrest support to the b... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5108150 | Head rest and neck support assembly The present invention relates to an improved head rest and neck support assembly for seating furniture. The assembly contains an elongated support bar which is mounted horizontally to the seating furniture behind the neck of a prospective user. One end of... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5026120 | Headrest assembly for vehicle seats A headrest assembly for vehicle seats includes a first stationary link and a second link connected to the first link and side walls of a bracket for padded member. A rod is rotatably connected to the first link and received in slots on the bracket. When a... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4881777 | Apparatus and method of utilization thereof of a profile headrest The present construction in a preferred embodiment provides an apparatus and method of utilization thereof of a vehicle seat headrest. The headrest includes a post for connecting the headrest with the vehicle seat in a generally vertical fashion, an upper... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4869448 | Head restraint for vehicles A head restraint system for vehicles including an extensible support provided with energy absorbing devices which limit the rearward angular displacement of the occupant's head. The support is secured to each side of the interior of a vehicle so that the ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4540217 | Headrest device for a vehicle seat A headrest device mountable to a stay extending from the top of a backrest of a vehicle seat includes (1) a stationary frame portion which includes two vertical plates having vertically-elongated openings therein and guide projections extending away from ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4466662 | Powered articulated headrest system A powered articulated headrest system for use with a seat structure having a backrest, such as the ejection seat of a high performance aircraft, e.g., a combat aircraft. The headrest system includes: a headrest assembly which is movably connected to the b... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4406496 | Backrest for chairs A backrest for chairs, particularly office chairs having a resilient pressure area, the resilient effect of which is adjustable. An adjusting element having a slanted surface is set against the back of the resilient pressure area itself or against a conne... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4205878 | Pull out headrest A pull out headrest for use with a seat structure having an extended backrest comprises two receiving chambers on either side of the extended backrest. Two headrest members have a first position wherein the members are withdrawn into the chambers. Individ... | 06/03/1980 |
