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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 |
| 7377295 | Fuel filler cap for a model vehicle A model vehicle fuel filler system is provided, comprising a fuel tank secured to a vehicle chassis, a fuel tank opening extending from the fuel tank, the opening having a rim tipped toward a lateral side of the vehicle chassis, thereby allowing a fuel filler bottle... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347432 | Child walker A child walker is provided that includes a frame having a plurality of wheels. The walker includes a handle that is positionable in a first position and a second position. A seat is attached to the frame when the handle is in the first position. When the handle is i... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7288917 | Transmitter for radio-controlled toy A mobile toy is described. The mobile toy includes a wheel assembly having a hubcap for removably engaging a wheel of the wheel assembly. The mobile toy may also include a transmitter having a charging pad for charging of a radio-controlled embodiment of the toy. Th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7128634 | Convertible drive train for radio-controlled toy A radio-controlled car convertible from a two-wheel drive configuration to a four-wheel drive configuration is described. The radio-controlled car includes a chassis, a first drive assembly positioned in a first portion of the chassis, and a modular second drive ass... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6957996 | Toy car kit A mobile toy is described. The mobile toy includes a wheel assembly having a hubcap removably engaging a wheel of the wheel assembly. The mobile toy may also include a transmitter having a charging pad for charging of a radio-controlled embodiment of the toy. The tr... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955363 | Toy Shopping cart A toy shopping cart has a basket and seat that may be used for different functions and which are easily removed from and reattached to a frame of the shopping cart. The frame of the toy shopping cart has a pair of leg assemblies with four wheels and a number of cros... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6910939 | Toy car kit A mobile toy is described. The mobile toy includes a wheel assembly having a hubcap for removably engaging a wheel of the wheel assembly. The mobile toy may also include a transmitter having a charging pad for charging of a radio-controlled embodiment of the toy. Th... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6863287 | Child walker A child walker is provided that includes a frame having a plurality of wheels. The walker includes a handle that is positionable in a first position and a second position. A seat is attached to the frame when the handle is in the first position. When the handle is i... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6736415 | Universal cart and interchangeable attachment system A portable toy including a toy push cart frame and one toy attachment. The frame includes a base portion of a predetermined width and at least one projection upwardly extending from the base portion. The projection has a height which is greater than the width of the... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6648723 | Bodyslammers toy racing vehicles Toy racing vehicles for operating on preexisting track of a particular scale comprise sub bodies including conventional chassis and larger-scale "visible cars", which are supported by the sub bodies, but are not fixed or mounted thereto. Instead, a visibl... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6632121 | Toy vehicle removable wheel connection The present invention relates to a wheel connection for a toy vehicle. The wheel connection utilizes a disc component which is attached to the vehicle suspension arm and a sleeve component which is attached to the vehicle wheel rim. The disc has a groove ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6582275 | Structure for quickly turning up car shell of a remotely controllable car A structure for quickly turning up a car shell of a remotely controllable car, including two fixing boards connected with the car body for fixing the car shell. Each fixing board has a projecting column having a stop section at top end. The car shell is f... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6106361 | Remotely controlled toy vehicle A generally conventional radio controlled toy vehicle is provided with a mother vehicle. The vehicle can be driven inside the vehicle via a ramp. Once inside, tractive drive to road wheels of the vehicle is used to drive road wheels of the vehicle. In thi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5906528 | Air-driven exploding toy vehicle A toy vehicle includes an inner body having a plurality of apertures formed therein and having an interior cavity. A plurality of body panels are formed to be received upon the inner body to form an outer body and are releasibly secured thereto in a snap-... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5893791 | Remote controlled rolling toy A simulated game using miniature animate or inanimate objects which are intended to move in a direction and/or toward or away from each other includes utilizing a hollow ball or other rolling toy for at least some of the miniature objects. Movement of the... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5816888 | Remote controlled three-in-one vehicle A radio controlled model vehicle that sheds one or more outer shells in response to successive radio control signals thereby changing in outer appearance from one type of vehicle to another or revealing an animated monster or other figure that had been hi... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5713783 | Remote controlled toy crash vehicle apparatus A remote controlled toy crash vehicle apparatus which upon impact with another remote controlled toy crash vehicle or obstruction simulates a crash and its consequences. The vehicle is provided with a chassis on which an interchangeable body panels suppor... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5570925 | Pinch relief structure for children's ride-on vehicle A children's riding vehicle includes a compartment-enclosing member which may be pivotably opened and closed, and pinch relief structure thereon for preventing a child from pinching a finger when the enclosing member is closed. The structure includes an a... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5512002 | Inflatable racing car An inflatable racing car is formed of a plurality of separate air chambers which are combined in fixed relationship to each other to form the vehicle which is suitable as a display or toy or sculptural work of art. For each left/right wheel-set there is a... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5441289 | Convertible walker/vehicle for a child A walker/vehicle for a child includes a U-shape chassis member which is movably supported on a plurality of wheels and a frame member including spaced, transversely extending, seat and handle bar portions and a pair of side connector portions extending th... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5380231 | Toy that disassembles upon an impact A toy that disassembles upon an impact comprises a body, a plurality of detachable elements, a mount for supporting each detachable element in a predetermined position on the body, and a resilient ejector mechanism engaged between the body and each detach... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5307890 | Chassis structure for a remote controlled child driven electric car An improved structure for a child-driven electric car which can be safely remotely controlled. A propulsion mechanism driven by a motor is disposed at the rear of the electric car, and a base board is welded under the rear end of the car frame for mountin... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5292275 | Toy vehicle having growling action A toy vehicle includes a supporting chassis having a plurality of rolling wheels secured thereto. The chassis supports an audio circuit, a battery and an audio transducer together with a pair of switch contacts configured to provide a growling sound when ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5248274 | Toy vehicle capable of shooting color ribbon crackers The present invention relates to a toy vehicle capable of shooting color ribbon crackers and is characterized by a master shooting member which is normally held by a retaining means. When the bumper of the toy vehicle collides with something else, it is p... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5135428 | Toy vehicle having automatic transmission An automatic transmission for a toy vehicle includes a pinion having a driving side and a driven side and being fixedly coupled to a shaft, a high speed gear coupled to the pinion through a first clutch, and a low speed gear coupled to the pinion through ... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5090934 | Vehicle model with transparent, separable components An instructive toy consisting in a disassemblable vehicle model, which comprises a supporting structure which substantially simulates the frame of a real vehicle and is provided with releasable connections, and a number of operative units, provided with r... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4941610 | Construction piece for toy vehicle track A construction piece usable, in combination with other identical pieces, for forming a toy vehicle track, having interengaging slots and studs whereby a front side of one piece may be connected to the rear side of another, with slight inclination of the p... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4940442 | Connectable self-powdered mobile toy A connectable mobile toy wherein a plurality of such toys can be interconnected front to back and side by side. The front-to-back connection allows swiveling so that a string of interconnected toys can negotiate turns and surface irregularities. Propulsio... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4919639 | Toy vehicle In a toy vehicle having a chassis travelling by means of wheels on a driving surface and a body which can be fastened thereon, the vehicle chassis has fixed on the side towards the body at a distance adjacent to each other a number of pegs and the vehicle... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4895542 | Toy automobile with attachments A toy automobile has slot-like formations on wide various surfaces to accommodate accessories and body elements which have circular clip elements snugly receivable removably in these recesses. The recesses can be paired with the recesses of each pair lyin... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4804349 | Reconfigurable toy A reconfigurable toy simulates a school bus when assembled in a first configuration. In a second configuration the constituent components of the toy bus may be selectively arranged to simulate a schoolroom enclosure having figurines and simulated school d... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4753346 | Automobile-shaped case for desk accessories A model automobile-shaped case for desk appliances, comprising a lower half equipped with an automobile-like lower body portion and a plurality of wheels and an upper half having an automobile-like upper body portion having some windowpane-like surfaces. ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4741718 | Toy wheeled vehicle Toy wheeled vehicle has a steering mechanism with steering column extending through the body of the vehicle upwardly and rearwardly and terminating in a steering wheel operable by a child standing above it. Couplers are provided for releasably securing di... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4695267 | Battery-powered small-scale toy vehicle A chassis for scaled-down toy vehicles has the battery-powered motor mounted directly over the driven axle at a rearwardly and downwardly extended angle. The battery rests between the stub axles supporting the front, freely rotatable wheels.... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4678451 | Interfitting toy vehicle body and chassis The toy vehicle is comprised of a chassis composed of a relatively hard plastic and a body composed of a relatively soft, elastomeric plastic. The chassis includes a box-like frame having upstanding walls, each of said walls having an outwardly issuing fl... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4673370 | Toy four-wheel-drive climbing vehicle operable on land, over water, and under water Pontoons along both sides of the vehicle can be filled with either air or water, at the user's preference. When the pontoons are filled with air the vehicle floats in water and is driven along the water surface by a propeller and also by a tread drive. Wh... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4666418 | Non-tippable toy The disclosure relates to a non-tippable toy which is capable of rocking about an axis and ultimately resting in a vertical position and which is also capable of motion in a lateral direction by utilizing an axle having a pair of wheel-like members affixe... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4655727 | Toy vehicle A toy vehicle having a base portion; a top portion; and a mechanical arrangement linking the base portion to the top portion for causing the top portion to move to a number of different positions with respect to the base portion, the aforementioned arrang... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4636178 | Rechargeable toy electric vehicle set A miniature electric toy vehicle having a chassis of approximately the same upper and lower configuration is provided for removably receiving a vehicle body. A miniature rechargeable battery can be connected to an operator controlled source of power for p... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4615686 | Slot car chassis Miniature, remote-controlled, electrically-driven slot cars and, more particularly, a novel dual-chassis assembly therefor.... | 10/07/1986 |
