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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 |
| 7211003 | Pool table A pool table or the like (10) is formed from a trough (20) whose edges support the bed (12) of the table and have the cushions (34) attached to them. The trough includes means for directing potted balls in a particular manner, which may b... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6149530 | Billiard table base configuration A billiard table includes a peripheral frame secured on top of a base and having two side beams and two end beams, a stone plate and a peripheral guide chute and a peripheral wall secured to the peripheral frame. The side and the end beams each having an ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5769729 | Pool table A coin operated pool table is provided with ball collection channels formed in a sheet of material substantially co-extensive with and supported in the base below the table top such that the sheet prevents escape of the balls and protects the table top co... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5716284 | Billiard/checkers game A pool table including a plurality of numbered balls. Also included is a playing surface with a rectangular configuration having a plurality of divots formed therein. Further provided is a ball collection assembly including a rectilinear periphery integra... | 02/10/1998 |
| 4365803 | Game table A game table (20) includes a bed assembly (22) mounted on a frame (100) to rotate about its longitudinal, central axis. Table frame (100) is constructed from hollow side structures (102) each composed of a thin walled outer shell (106) joined together wit... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4147345 | Round pool table A round pool table which has a flat playing surface rimmed by a "cushion" which consists of several rubber tipped segments, any three adjacent of which at option of a player can be raised to an upright position, thereby establishing a pocket.... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4004806 | Apparatus for collecting balls Disclosed is an apparatus for collecting balls from a playing area, preferably tennis balls, comprising a channel surrounding at least a portion of the playing area for receiving balls rolling out of the playing area, a device of relatively high weight in... | 01/25/1977 |
