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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 |
| 7694363 | Foundation headboard bracket system for bed A bracket system for attaching a headboard to a bed foundation. The bracket system includes a foundation bracket affixed to the bed foundation and a slide bracket affixed to the headboard. Each of the brackets is generally U-shaped having a pair of side plates exten... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7367610 | Method and apparatus for assembling a component to a panel A component is adapted for assembly to a panel at a desired location. The component includes a body and at least one fastener threadingly received in the body, the fastener having a head and a threaded shaft, the head extending outwardly from the body a predetermine... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363664 | T-shaped side rails for bed frame A bed frame comprising T shaped side rails provide support for a box spring and mattress. A leg assembly is affixed to the bed frame and is affixed to the side rail and to the cross rails for better strength of connection. The use of T-shaped side rails provides mor... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7155762 | Bed base with corner connector, corner connector and kit A bed base includes four side members oriented to stand upright on their lower edges. The side members are connected to form a rectangular support structure by corner connectors. Each corner connector comprises a top plate, a bottom plate, and a post. The plates ove... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7124757 | Medical device for overcoming airway obstruction A medical device for overcoming upper airway obstruction when a patient is placed in a supine position, featuring a flat rectangular support base that attaches to the support frame perpendicularly, and a variation of lower jaw supports that attach to the support fra... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7007321 | Side rail end connection system for bed frame A system for connecting side rails of a bed frame with a headboard and/or footboard. A hook plate is affixed to the side rails and has a pair of hooks extending outwardly from the ends of the side rails. The hooks form slots in the hook plates and the slots have for... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6865758 | Bed base with corner connector, corner connector and kit A bed base includes four side members oriented to stand upright on their lower edges. The side members are connected to form a rectangular support structure by corner connectors. Each corner connector comprises a top plate, a bottom plate, and a post. The plates ove... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6862758 | Bed panel assembly A bed panel assembly includes a vertical bedpost, a bed panel having a connecting end with a positioning piece that has neck and head portions, and a retaining unit mounted on the bedpost. The retaining unit includes a base plate having a retaining hole with large a... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6585448 | Bracket A bracket and method for connecting two component members, where the bracket is concealed from the outside of a joint formed by the two component members. The bracket includes a first flange having a hole for receiving a securing member and at least one s... | 07/01/2003 |
| 5862551 | Bed apparatus A bed frame is provided with a base plate. The base plate has a fixed base plate portion secured to the bed frame, a hip plate portion and a back plate portion sequentially and rotatively connected to an end of said fixed base plate portion and a first le... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5832548 | Snap-in frame connector A connector is provided for use with an end-frame assembly having an outer frame and a support member. The connector includes an annular back wall having a first lateral dimension and is formed for engagement with the support member. A sleeve extends from... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5694656 | Bed post with two horizontal rails connected thereto A piece of furniture includes an upright post, a horizontal rail, and a fastening unit. The upright post is provided with a coupling base having a parallel pair of side walls and a connecting wall that interconnects the side walls and that inclines inward... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5163968 | Headboard mounting hardware Hardware for securing a headboard or footboard to a bed frame includes a socket adapted to be secured to the bed frame, a configured member adjustably disposed within the socket and supporting a mounting plate. The configured member includes an offset end... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5111540 | Bunk bed Improvements are provided in a bunk bed which includes a head board having a pair of spaced-apart legs and upper and lower transverse frames, a tail board having a pair of spaced-apart legs and upper and lower transverse frames and connecting members comp... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5003649 | Nestable cot and end connector therefor A nestable cot (C1) has a web (3) of material on which an occupant of the cot can lay. The web is attached to a frame (F) which includes a plurality of rods (R1-R4) one of which extends along each side of the web. End connectors (5) are provided for conne... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4674141 | Bracket and bed formed thereform A bracket for attaching a side rail to a headboard and a footboard to form a bed having an L-shaped body portion with a side section and an end section, means releasably securing the side section to the side rail, threaded means within the body portion en... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4559657 | Sheet metal bedrail A sheet metal bedrail for mounting within a cutout portion formed in the legs of the headboard of a bed. The bedrail is formed of thin gauge sheet metal having a longitudinally and vertically extending central web portion and longitudinally extending bead... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4558968 | Beam connector A connector of structural parts such as beams with a through-going wooden pillar is disclosed. The connection consists of a first plate having a hook and being fastened to the beam in a torsion free manner. This hook has an essentially horizontal supporti... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4536904 | Foldable bed frame An improved knock-down, fold-up metal bed frame is disclosed which provides a sturdy and easily manipulated interconnecting mechanism for the cross-rail portions of the bed frame with a positive interlock between the cross-rail portions. A hand-manipulate... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4496260 | Device for the connection of two struts by inserting a support between and vertically to them This is a device for connecting the front ends of two horizontal struts at a post by inserting plates with teeth into slits in the ends of the struts and a plate with pockets into a slit that goes through the post. Such device is useful, for example, for ... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4430763 | Bed frame A bed frame that includes a novel connector assembly for connecting a cross rail to a side rail at a corner of the bed frame that permits the frame to be easily and quickly set up and taken down, yet which provides a substantially wobble free joint, and a... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4429426 | Bracket for securing a mattress supporting member to a bedpost A bracket for securing a mattress-supporting member to a bedpost board which includes a generally rectangular unitary metal element having a central planar portion and integral return bend flanges along two sides, one of which is adapted to be received wi... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4299509 | Beam connector A connector of a structural part such as a beam with another structural member is disclosed. The connection consists of a first plate which is fastened to the beam in a torsion free manner. The first plate includes a hook having a horizontal supporting ar... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4281424 | Bed frame A bed frame has a pair of tubular side members joined by a pair of laterally extending tubular cross members. Attached to each end of a tubular side member is a clamp formed from sheet stock. Each pair of clamps rigidly joins a headboard or a footboard to... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4155131 | Platform bed frame A platform bed frame for a platform bed is provided which is capable of supporting a conventional mattress and box spring combination, or a mattress alone. The platform bed frame includes side plates and end plates which are connected together by coupling... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4148106 | Furniture fastener system A coupling which permits the rapid assembly without tools, of furniture frame members into a complete furniture frame. Each coupling of the system includes a hook member formed of a metal plate and having a pair of hooks that can hook onto corresponding r... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4126906 | Waterbed frame connector A connector means for lockably releasably connecting the rigid side frame members containing the flexible container for a waterbed each connector means including a keeper member having openings for receiving the projecting members of a latch member. A loc... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4125912 | Waterbed frame structure A wooden waterbed frame structure including a pedestal assembly for supporting a mattress frame with the corner joints on both the pedestal assembly and the mattress frame being of special interlocking configuration to facilitate assembly and produce a du... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4065818 | Box spring construction A frame for a box spring is constructed of side and end rails with connectors being provided to join the rail ends at the four corners of the rectangular frame. The connectors are of the slip-on type which provide tight-fitting sockets for the rail ends. ... | 01/03/1978 |
| 3999236 | Waterbed frame Side and end boards are assembled to define a rectangular frame for a waterbed. External vertical grooves are formed on the exterior portions of the boards adjacent each of the corners. A metal bracing member comprised of two panels at a right angle to ea... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3982291 | Bed frame locking assembly and method The specification discloses a locking apparatus and method for assembling bed frames which simplifies assembly of such frames allowing the same to be easily and quickly accomplished by one person. Included in the apparatus are opposing rigid bracket membe... | 09/28/1976 |
