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 |
| 3947896 | Double faced adhesive device for holding a woman's slip A device adapted to be attached to and between a woman's skirt and slip adjacent lower edges thereof at spaced locations to prevent the slip from being displaced upwardly while being worn. The device is constructed of a strip of material having opposite s... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947897 | Apparatus for connecting a prosthesis to a bone An apparatus for connecting a prosthesis to a bone of a stump of an amputated limb such as the arm or leg of a person. The apparatus includes a tubular female socket adapted to be inserted within an intermedullary cavity of the bone. The tubular socket ha... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947898 | Portable bidet A portable bidet for use in conjunction with a conventional bathtub which is of simple construction and inexpensive to manufacture. Since the subject bidet is portable, it is not a permanent fixture in the bathroom and can therefore be used in existing ba... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947899 | Warm water supply kit A kit for supplying a small quantity of temperature and pressure controlled warm water for application to body cavities, the kit containing a pressure regulating valve, an anti-syphon valve, a heater and pneumatic operated control switch, the heater maint... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947900 | Combination commode construction A combination commode construction having a water closet common to more than one commode, and separate control means on the water closet for individually flushing each of the separate commodes, said separate flushing means including means to control the a... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947901 | Hanger for toilet bowl deodorant A hanger for a toilet bowl deodorant block, the hanger comprising a unitary molded plastic frame having two downwardly converging arms with prongs and serrations at their ends embedded in the block. Above the block the arms extend forwardly, then upwardly... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947902 | Apron and drive mechanism for object transferring apparatus An improved apron and apron drive mechanism for object or patient transferring apparatus of the type in which different phases of transfer operation are effected by selective linear travel in a transfer apron. The transfer apron to carry out the transfer ... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947903 | Folding couch for beach or camping There is disclosed an ingenious chair having multiple folding parts including leg portions. The chair has a centrally located portion comprising the seat portion of the chair. U-shaped leg members depend from the ends of the seat portion. Additionally, th... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947904 | Electricans' combination tool A combination tool comprises first and second handles movably pivoted together at a pivot axis, with respective first and second shanks extending from the pivot axis and joined to the corresponding handle. A tool member is joined substantially normal to e... | 04/06/1976 |
| 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 |
| 3947906 | Swimming equipment Underwater swimming equipment comprises a container holding a bladder member compressible by a wheel and screw-driven plate member. A fin assembly is connected to the container by a belt and shoulder strap members constituting a swimmer's harness.... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947907 | Remote controlled scuttling buoy A berthing buoy for mooring ships which provides for remote controlled release of mooring lines in emergency situations and sinking of the buoy by opening special scuttling valves. The buoy is refloated by blowing its compartments with compressed air manu... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947908 | Life-saving appliance A life-saving appliance that automatically inflates an inflatable tube after a short period of contact with water comprising a metallic receptacle containing a refrigerant in the liquid stage, a membrane normally sealing the receptacle, a manually-actuate... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947909 | Power-driven kitchen utility tool A power-driven kitchen utility tool comprises a drive motor mounted on a two-way swivel, and an articulated, hand-positioned drive mechanism for transmitting power from the motor to a rotary-driven kitchen implement such as a sink brush or mixer blades. T... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947910 | Automatic hair brush A brush having a handle, and a head with a rotatable axle bearing radially extending bristles. Pulling of the brush by its handle in one direction along a hank of hair causes energy to be stored which is then released, causing the brush head to reverse di... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947911 | Tilting floor cleaner A rug scrubbing machine for cleaning variable depth sculptured rugs and the like which features an arrangement permitting selective tilting of the frame carrying the scrubbing brushes. Variation in the tilting angle is achieved by pivotally mounting the f... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947912 | Manually operated sweeper A manually operated mechanical street cleaning apparatus comprising a wheeled frame suitable to retain a trash container thereon. A height adjustable axle mounted rotary broom is mounted forwardly of the frame and is rotated by action of ground contacting... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947913 | Combines mop or broom and scraper A cleaning implement having a scraper attachment and said attachment are disclosed. The scraper preferably includes a generally cylindrical or rectangular prism extension of the handle of the cleaning implement mounted at the free end thereof opposite the... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947914 | Collapsible brush A collapsible brush includes an open topped housing provided with a removable lid and a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse bars which are located in the housing and have flat top faces, angularly related front and rear faces gear sector under f... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947915 | Steel wool pads and holder therefor A scrub-tool holder for steel wool comprising an elongated handle, a frame support means at one end of the handle and clamping means. The frame support means is adapted to support a steel wool pad having a slit through the center thereof and to extend thr... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947916 | Trowel for masonry steps This is a tool for troweling masonry steps so as to provide a slight slope on the top of the step. A post is pivoted to the trowel blade near its front end, and it supports a roller for overlying engagement with the top of the riser form at the front of t... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947917 | Runners and attachable casters for luggage cases and the like The runner of a luggage case or the like provides a stud having shoulders engageable by a spring clip or slidable bolt member in a caster for enabling attachment of the caster to the runner.... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947918 | Door closer A door closer includes a cam mounted on a door frame which has a straight portion, a curved portion providing increased compression on a spring biased cam follower and a notch for holding the door in an open position. The cam includes longitudinal serrati... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947919 | Plant for the recovery of slaughtered animal blood The invention provides a plant for recovering blood from slaughter animals including at least one stabbing knife with a corresponding vacuum tube and a metering apparatus connected to the stabbing knife, said metering apparatus comprising a pneumatic mete... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947920 | Machine for separating meat tissue from bone The machine includes a horizontally extending knife blade, a mechanism for reciprocating the knife blade, a toothed roll parallel spaced from the knife blade, a mechanism for rotating the roll, and a manually operated lever mechanism for moving the rotati... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947921 | Apparatus for cleaning marine animals of the mollusk type An apparatus for eviscerating a marine animal of the mollusk type, such as a squid, wherein the head region of the squid is appropriately held and a gradually increasing pressure is applied to the body thereof as the head and body are relatively moved in ... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947922 | Foundations for card clothing A card clothing foundation, to which the carding wires are fitted, has an anti-friction surface layer of polyurethane about 0.006 inch in thickness and containing silicone.... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947923 | Fiber condenser An improved fiber condenser for a spinning frame which is designed to provide an area for the passage of roving which has an elongated opening therein to allow slubs, etc., to pass through without breaking the roving or stretching it.... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947924 | Chuck key storage apparatus A chuck key storage apparatus for use with a drilling machine for conveniently storing a chuck key. The apparatus, and thus the chuck key, is movable between a stored position and a functional position. In the stored position, the chuck key is positioned ... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947925 | Billfold protection device A billfold protection device for preventing the intentional or accidental unbuttoning of a pocket in which a billfold is contained is disclosed. The device is integral, made of resilient sheet material, and includes a first inverted U-shape vertically ext... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947926 | Weather board recorder A weather board recorder comprises a base member having a weather gasket therearound. A cover member is hingedly affixed to the base member for selectively providing access to the inner surface of the base member. A latch on the base member releasably sec... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947927 | Ski tie A tie useful for securing together a pair of skis and a pair of ski poles for ease of carrying them as one unit with the poles acting as a carrying handle. The tie includes an elongate, flexible tape having opposite free end segments which matingly engage... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947928 | Snap-on shoe lace A snap on shoe lace eliminates the conventional tying of the ends of the shoe lace. The snap on shoe lace consists of an elongated plastic or cloth strip member. A plurality of snap members are embedded in the back face of a first end of the elongated mem... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947929 | Printing blanket needle for securing a fabric to a printing blanket A method is disclosed of securing a fabric web to a printing blanket. A plurality of needles are inserted into the printing blanket at the web-supporting side thereof, so that tips of the needles project from that side. The needles are then anchored in th... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947930 | Anti-theft fastening device and tool for releasing same A fastening device for securing articles together, the device including releasably connected male and female components. The male component comprises a pin and the female component comprises a retaining insert positioned in a housing for releasably clampi... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947931 | Sliding clasp fastener A sliding clasp fastener including interlocking elements of a continued meander structure which are disposed astride a longitudinal tape edge at their leg and connecting portions. The leg and connecting portions are deformed to provide flattened, enlarged... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947932 | Jewellery clasp The present invention provides a jewellery clasp in which a latch is formed of a single piece of material folded back upon itself to form a U-shaped spring with an upstanding projection thereon, and a holder is formed of a single piece of material with ba... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947933 | Method of constructing dished ion thruster grids to provide hole array spacing compensation The center-to-center spacings of a photoresist pattern for an array of holes applied to a thin metal sheet are increased by uniformly stretching the thin metal sheet in all directions along the plane of the sheet. The uniform stretching is provided by sec... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947934 | Method of tuning a tunable microelectronic LC circuit A microelectronic LC circuit capable of being tuned to a desired center resonant frequency, comprising a trimmable capacitor, a principal fixed inductor and a printed trimmable inductor having an inductance which is small compared to that of the principal... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3947935 | Lea making apparatus A lea making mechanism of a reeling machine has a cylinder movable up and down and having a tapered face and a rod secured to a piston of the cylinder. The piston has a pointed head adapted to be received through the hank threads. The mechanism also compr... | 04/06/1976 |
