...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 |
| 7353740 | Rapid adjust muzzle system A gun barrel adaptor includes a body having a central bore therethrough and including a flange, the flange having a hole therethrough, the body having a lower side on one side of the flange and an upper side on another side of the flange; a flat spring attached to a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 5974641 | Method of shaping a muzzle-loading firearm barrel A firearm barrel having a barrel bore in a barrel bore entrance end is arranged to receive a conical milling tool directed to shape the conical entrance into the barrel bore entrance end, with a counter-bore drill followed by a second conical milling tool... | 11/02/1999 |
| 4321737 | Gunsmith's tool The tool includes a rotatable shank having a guide member releasably mounted upon its lower portion and adapted to be closely received within the muzzle portion of a gun barrel, and further includes a file member projecting radially outwardly from a media... | 03/30/1982 |