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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US Patent 4837062 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive coated sheets and tape pad with easily separable tabs
US Patent Issued on June 6, 1989
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
February 8, 2008Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
February 8, 2008Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractA single, flexible, pressure-sensitive adhesive coated sheet having one or more co-terminal, V-fold liner tabs attached to portions of the adhesive coated surface; and tape pads formed from a plurality of such sheets. In this invention one leg of a V-shaped tab is adhered to the adhesive coated surface of the sheet. An unattached leg of the tab forms a handle which is easily grasped to facilitate manual separation of the tab from the sheet when it is adhered to a receptor surface. | InventorsApplicationNo. 07/153582 filed on 02/08/1988US Classes:428/41.3, Polymer derived only from ethylenically unsaturated monomer206/484, LAMINATE SHEET PACKET281/51, MISCELLANEOUS428/124, Acute or reverse fold of exterior component428/126, At opposed marginal edges428/192, Edge feature428/194, Comprising discontinuous or differential impregnation or bond428/77, SHEET FACING AND LONGITUDINALLY NONCOEXTENSIVE WITH WEB OR OTHER SHEET602/57System for adhesive layer release (e.g., release sheet)Field of Search428/77, SHEET FACING AND LONGITUDINALLY NONCOEXTENSIVE WITH WEB OR OTHER SHEET428/192, Edge feature428/354, Three or more layers428/124, Acute or reverse fold of exterior component428/126At opposed marginal edgesExaminersPrimary: Thomas, Alexander S.Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References2248317, 4418822, Sealed package for wound dressing adhesive tapeIssued on: 12/06/1983 Inventor: Dotta4598004, Thin film surgical dressing with delivery system Issued on: 07/01/1986 Inventor: Heinecke4614183, Adhesive film dressing Issued on: 09/30/1986 Inventor: McCracken , et al.4650706Tabbed tape pad Issued on: 03/17/1987 Inventor: International ClassesA61F 13/02 (20060101)A61F 15/00 (20060101) A61F 13/00 (20060101) |
