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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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| 20060130339 | Knife The present blade device invention comprises an elongated housing wherein the housing comprises forward and rearward end portions and wherein the forward end portion defines an opening. The invention further comprises a blade holder moveable along a length of the housin... | 06/22/2006 |
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| 20050150116 | Multi-tasking utility tool A utility tool comprising a body having a first end and a second end positioned on opposite ends of the body; a removable device; as well as a first tool and a second tool configured to be selectively coupled to each other or one of either the first end and second end o... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050132575 | SHAVING HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR A LINT SHAVER A shaving head assembly for a lint shaver includes a transmission shaft rotatably received inside the casing and having a V shaped cutout defined in a distal end of the transmission shaft. The blade assembly has a blade seat with a V shaped extension extending from a bo... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050097753 | Soft handle non-retractable utility knife with quick release latch and method for making same A metallic housing utility knife and method for making the device with a soft over molded elastomeric cover to provide blister free comfort and slip proof safety. The cover or skin is molded into the unique structure of the housing in a fashion that results in mechanica... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050082855 | Chopsticks fix - a holding and manipulation aid A chopsticks holding and positioning aid that effectively both assists the user in holding the chopsticks and also stabilizes these sticks into proper orientation, preventing them from crossing over and even creating an effective gentle spring return action but does not... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050050733 | Hand-held tool for piercing and scraping A hand-held tool for piercing and scraping includes a handle with a short wedge-shaped blade having a pointed end for concentrating tearing forces for piercing, and a large radius tapering away from the pointed end for scraping. A thumb-rest portion is located a short d... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050028380 | Utility knife A utility knife has a disposable blade cartridge in its handle that has front and rear blade compartments. Each compartment is sized to hold a plurality of blades in side-by-side relation. Fresh blades are disposed in the front compartment and one end of each is advance... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050015996 | AUTOMATICALLY LOADABLE AND BLADE-STABILIZING UTILITY KNIFE An automatically loadable and blade-stabilizing utility knife including a handheld housing, a slidable pushing mechanism, a resilient section, a releasing mechanism and a receptacle section. The housing has an open front end and an open rear end and serves to accommodat... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050011072 | Razor with integral trimming wand A razor has an elongate handle body with a shaving head at one end, the other end of the handle body as a body cavity for receiving a trimming wand with a smaller blade than the shaving head. The trimming wand is normally concealed by the razor body but can be selective... | 01/20/2005 |
