The ice cream cone was invented at the St. Louis Worlds Fair by Ernest Hamwi in 1904. His waffle booth was next to an ice cream vendor who ran short of dishes. Hamwi rolled a waffle to hold ice cream and the cone was born.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4618520 | Prefabricated bindable sheet A bindable sheet which includes a recessed marginal edge portion in which a heat-responsive glue is applied, said recessed portion including a plurality of spaced-apart openings therethrough to expose the glue on the opposite side of the sheet from the re... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4590109 | Pad of paper sheets with pressure-sensitive attachment edge portion and method of making the same A pad of bound-together individual sheets having a reusable pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the bound-together edge portion thereof and provided with a removable attachment strip to facilitate the binding of the sheets into a convenient pad for rem... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4551374 | Continuous sheet with perforated tear-off driving edge and recessed reinforced inner edge An improved continuous sheet having tear-off perforated edge portions for use with toothed driving wheels (tractor drive transfer mechanism) adapted to mesh with the perforations to advance the continuous sheet in accordance with word processing and print... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4525116 | Prefabricated bindable sheet and binding method and apparatus A prefabricated bindable sheet having heat-responsive glue applied along one edge and a method for binding such sheets together which includes the steps of providing sheets of paper having segments of heat-responsive glue applied along one edge thereof, p... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4447481 | Paper sheets having recessed pressure-sensitive glued edge with a removable strip A paper sheet having a recess along one edge thereof with a non-drying adhesive applied in said recess and a removable protective strip covering said adhesive, the combined thickness of said adhesive and strip being substantially equal to the depth of sai... | 05/08/1984 |