Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7260894 | Scissor apparatus and method of using thereof A scissor apparatus including a first section and a second section pivotably connected to each other. Both the first section and the second section have a blade end and a handle end. The scissors also include a stop member attached to the handle end of the first sec... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7191688 | Force augmentation and jaw adjustment means for hand held tools A hand held tool has a slotted handle having a jaw and at least one slot therein, the slotted handle defining a toothed rack within the slot; an operative handle having a jaw and a pinion gear, the pinion gear having at least one tooth suitably shaped to engage the ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7140280 | Foldable tool with single beam construction A foldable tool kit having a body constructed of a single elongate member to which is secured a plurality of individual tools pivotally movable about a pin between a folded position and a working position. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7065819 | Universal horse farrier tool A multi-purpose combination hand tool useful for maintaining and attachment of horse shoes has two pivotally interengagement jaw members that define a number of user specific tool elements therebetween in a single tool configuration. The hand tool can be used as a s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051390 | Multi-purpose tool A multipurpose tool is designed to meet the particular needs of commercial truck drivers. Preferably, it has a unitary, single-piece head which includes a chopping tool, a hammering tool, and a prying-pivoting tool, and a nail and/or staple removal assembly. Prefera... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032266 | Plier-like implement A plier-like tool of appropriate design allows expeditious manipulation of articles in confined areas. For example, the tool is particularly useful in removing fish hooks; the hook is cut and grasped for removal in such limited spatial environment. The tool includes... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6976311 | Method and apparatus for attaching and detaching two utensils An apparatus is provided comprising a first knife and a second knife. The first knife typically includes a first attachment device and the second knife includes a second attachment device to attach the two knives together. The first and second attachment devices can... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6389625 | Multipurpose tool including folding scissors A folding multipurpose tool incorporating a latch release mechanism including a lever, a cam, and a rocker-shaped grip body to easily effect release of a catch for holding knife or screwdriver blades extended. A spring and cams are arranged to hold each o... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6378569 | Flexible duct hand tool A multipurpose, flexible duct hand tool with a knife portion having a blade member, a cutting notch, a wire cutting member, a band-clamp head grasping means, and a handle member; a cutter portion having a wire cutting member, a band-clamp band grasping me... | 04/30/2002 |
| 5826338 | Wire cutter structure for multipurpose tool A multipurpose tool may have several tool elements which pivot into storage positions in profiled handles attached to one of a pair of pliers jaws. A wire-cutter portion of each pliers jaw includes a sharp edge and a notch located at the throat of the pai... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5745997 | Multi-purpose tool including folding scissors A multi-purpose folding tool including a pair of folding scissors, in which a scissors blade is movable about a pivot shaft, between a stowed position and a deployed position in which a stop prevents the blade from moving further with respect to the handl... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5412971 | Tool A tool for use in preparation of signs of the type having a base section and sign elements engaging therewith comprises two members (7, 8) movable with respect to each other. These members comprise on one hand edge components (9, 10) for cutting the base ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 4797988 | Method and tool for preparing multi-conductor cable A tool for preparing multi-conductor electrical cable in a configuration for termination to and installation in a self-contained wiring device which locates the electrical cable in an anvil and a cutter assembly pierces the outer sheath of the cable and s... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4713874 | Telephone wire-and-jack attachment device and kit The invention features a kit for connecting telephone wire to a modular jack connector. The kit comprises a tool that cuts and strips the wire, as well as mechanically bonds and electrically connects the cut and stripped wire to the jack connector. A quan... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4685213 | Rescue axe A rescue axe is used for forcibly entering a vehicle. The axe comprises a head portion located at one end of a handle portion. The head portion includes a piercing entry section, a cutting section, and an impacting section. The entry section includes a me... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4557034 | Tool for mounting connectors to multi-conductor cords or wires The tool includes a pair of handles which combine to form a hand grip for manipulation of the tool. When the handles are closed, a support element is displaced from its illustrated home position within the head portion, engages a connector and displaces i... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4536939 | Tool for terminating telephone cordage with modular plugs A tool (20) is provided for terminating an end of a telephone cord or inside wiring with a modular plug (21). The tool includes a housing (81) having a cord or inside wiring-receiving opening at one of its ends and a plug-receiving nest (122) at an opposi... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4528707 | Combination scissors and paper knife A combination scissors and paper knife comprises a pair of scissors members each having a blade and a handle formed integrally with each other through a pivotal portion having a pivotal hole bored therein and a clasp inserted into the pivotal holes in the... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4480374 | Communication plug connection tool A tool connects plugs to the ends of communication wires and in particular is used with modular type communication plugs. The tool includes two relatively pivoted handle members that are restrained in the amount that they can be separated and which includ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4429451 | Hand tool for applying electrical connectors A hand tool for applying telephone plugs to a telephone line and having a pair of pivotal handle members and a replaceably jaw module mounted between the handle members with a lower telephone plug support jaw thereof fixed within a transverse slot in the ... | 02/07/1984 |
| 3947905 | Multi-purpose electrical wiring tools This invention relates to a multi-purpose hand tool primarily for use on electrical wiring which combines into one tool all of the necessary elements required to perform gripping, pulling, bending, cutting, stripping, crimping, and shearing operations nor... | 04/06/1976 |
