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 |
| 7151912 | Cable retractor for an electronic device A cable retractor assembly is capable of retracting a cable onto a rotatable reel, the rotatable reel being urged to rotate in a predetermined direction by a biasing force. A moveable actuator when located in a first position is capable of overcoming the biasing for... | 12/19/2006 |
| 5034979 | Earring adapter for telephone A telephone earpiece attachment that accommodates users wearing earrings. The attachment may be mounted on the telephone handset by a hinge or by magnetic attraction. The attachment body holds the ear away from the earpiece with the ear lobe radially beyo... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4974258 | Vandal-proof handset for a pay telephone A vandal-proof handset for a pay telephone having apertures therein for allowing sound to pass therethrough. The handset includes a transducer for converting either sound to electrical signals or electrical signals to sound. The transducer is positioned w... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4905276 | Telephone earpiece extension attachment The open end of a thin shell is snugly fitted over the earpiece of a standard telephone handset to secure the shell on the handset. Teeth or projections can extend inward from the sidewalls of the shell for snap-fit connection of the shell to the earpiece... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4881256 | Adjustable head support for telephone handsets The invention provides a headband fastened by moveable ball and socket to a mounting ring attachable to the earpiece of a standard telephone handset. The ball affixed to the headband has an adjust tab on the rounded end which fits adjust receptacles in th... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4876714 | Telephone set A telephone set and a handset are provided which are capable for preventing acoustic coupling between a telephone transmitter and a telephone receiver by isolating the transmitter from the region of the receiver.... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4862499 | Deformable membrane keypad assembly for public telephones A telephone keypad assembly including a one-piece deformable membrane for sealing the keypad assembly from the environment. The deformable membrane has an upper surface for mating with keypad pushbuttons and a keypad pushbutton housing unit, and a lower s... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4803724 | Hand set This invention is concerned with arrangement for fitting a sender onto a hand set. The hand set of the invention enables a float set type sender to be set onto a hand set case by using a holder which is designed to set a pressure contact set type sender a... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4782527 | Telephone head/hand set A simple combination handset and headset device includes an elongated, preferably flexible body with a mouthpiece at one end thereof and an earpiece at the other end thereof, and a tubular arm pivotally connected to the mouthpiece for rotation between han... | 11/01/1988 |
