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3M employee and church chorister Art Fry needed something to temporarily mark pages in his hymnal. He was in luck because his colleague, Spencer Silver, accidentally developed a glue that was too weak for other purposes. After initially discouraging consumer response, Post-it Notes became a hit in 1979.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7111651 | Engine coolant changing system An engine cooling system liquid insertion and removal system has an adapter disposed in a vehicle radiator service opening via which old coolant is removed from the engine system by partial vacuum applied to an old coolant container via a conduit. New coolant is int... | 09/26/2006 |
| D582483 | Windshield banner | 12/09/2008 |
| D575172 | Cover for a portable global positioning system | 08/19/2008 |
| D572498 | Dining chair | 07/08/2008 |
| D572492 | Club chair with cushions | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387316 | Portable water tank A portable tank apparatus has a yoke pivotal on a transverse member between a service towing position and a raised position, and a pair of hingedly connected brace members at the rear of the apparatus and operable by an actuator to retract the wheels or lower the wh... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7287651 | Fuel and water separator A fuel-water separator for diesel engines has a coalescing media and baffle plates through which diesel fuel and water pass upwardly, separation thereof being effected by reducing emulsification of water with fuel, and by passing of heavy particulates to the bottom ... | 10/30/2007 |
| D549567 | End lug for roller screen frame | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247278 | Automated ground water monitoring and analysis system An automated computer controlled ground water system for monitoring and analysis for an analyte, has a sampling device in a well casing with a valve and sensor to provide a predetermined sample volume, a treatment assembly to prepare a calibration standard, a calibr... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7210272 | Interior wall trim system A trim assembly for interior walls of buildings has a cornerpiece configured for retention in a corner between intersecting walls, a trim strip extending from each opposite side of the cornerpiece, a tang extending from each opposite side of the cornerpiece and exte... | 05/01/2007 |
| D538538 | Tray for collets | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189671 | Glass compositions Improved glass fibers compositions, typically useful for fire resistant blankets or containers to provide high burn-through resistance at high temperatures of 2,400° F. and higher, and typically comprising silica, sodium oxide, potassium oxide, calcium oxide, magne... | 03/13/2007 |
| D536882 | Door clothes hanger | 02/20/2007 |
| D524365 | Locking bar for screen printing | 07/04/2006 |
| 7004350 | Dispenser for toothpicks and tablets A toothpick and tablet dispenser has two housing halves force-fitted together and guide walls in at least one of the halves to guide toothpicks and tablets to different outlets to dispense a single toothpick or tablet at a time. A gate at each outlet provides manual... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998361 | High temperature glass fiber insulation Improved glass compositions for glass fibers typically useful for fire resistant blankets or containers to provide high burn-through resistance at temperatures of 2,300° F. and typically comprising 10.23% to 81.81% silica, 2.0% to 26.00% alumina, 3.0% to 15.0% calc... | 02/14/2006 |
| D512759 | Combined pool table and aquarium | 12/13/2005 |
| 6925961 | Pet litter apparatus A pet litter apparatus has an upper screen to retain litter and debris, a plurality of upper bars, a lower plurality of bars, mechanism for lowering the lower plurality of bars to define spaces for passage of particulate matter between the upper and lower bars, by r... | 08/09/2005 |
| D504943 | Vehicle air filter housing | 05/10/2005 |
| 6854939 | Winch bar A winch bar has an insertion portion adapted to fit in openings of a winch drum of non-circular cross-section, typically square or hexagonal, whereby the winch bar cannot rotate relative to the openings to present hazards of injury to persons or property which can r... | 02/15/2005 |
| D500774 | Digital camera | 01/11/2005 |
| 6837448 | Nozzle device for spraying defined areas A sprinkler apparatus has a nozzle of a cross-sectional configuration to provide a liquid jet of similar cross-sectional configuration which impacts a reflector surface to reflect a spray of a cross-sectional configuration similar to that of an area to be sprayed. T... | 01/04/2005 |
| D499977 | Bracelet with baubles | 12/21/2004 |
| D496914 | Remote door opener | 10/05/2004 |
| D496720 | Vehicle air filter housing | 09/28/2004 |
| 6786494 | Vehicle hardtop carrier A vehicle hardtop carrier has a rear wheels bar transversely of a mounting bar, and front wheels on separate wheel bars support the hardtop and are adjustably pivotally mounted on the mounting bar to accommodate various hardtops. A cushion bar extends generally upwa... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6783016 | Container with collapsible loops A collapsible container has two loops, a flexible wall web attached about and extending between the loops, and a bottom web. The loops are twistable into compact, layered array into collapsed and much smaller configuration for transport. ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6769725 | Shield pads for vehicle doors and sides Shield pads are removably attachable to a vehicle side and doors to protect against dents and scratches, as by impacts by doors of adjacent vehicles. The shield pads are preferably detachably mounted by one or more suction cups on each pad. Spaced-apart straps exten... | 08/03/2004 |
| D493501 | Combined pool table and aquarium | 07/27/2004 |
| D491378 | Chair | 06/15/2004 |
| 6710703 | Signal device attachment for medication container A signal device is attachable to a medication container to provide periodic signals of times for a user to take medication. The device has its electronic circuitry enclosed in a casing compressible by the user to activate the circuitry. ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6701586 | Sheet gripping assembly A sheet gripping assembly comprises an elongate member having a side defining inwardly extending wall portions defining confronting channels, and a gripping member of generally zigzag configuration manually manipulable to engage into said confronting chan... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6701684 | Construction assemblies Construction assemblies or modules comprising headers, wall sections and beams, are formed of end-to-end arrays of plastic foam blocks and steel studs extending above and below the foam blocks, with flanges thereof extending into the blocks. Steel studs a... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6682384 | Glowing throw device A glow throw loop has a closed, preferably spring-like loop with a flexible web mounted on and extending across the loop. A glow ring with glow material therein is attached to and coextensive with the loop.... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6648377 | Saddle with gasketed bell-end portions A saddle assembly is secured about a liquid conduit by its contoured base portion and a half clamp and threaded fasteners. A pipe or nipple is received in a gasketed bell-end outlet and is retained against separation by respective components and devices.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6617298 | Degreasing compositions A composition for the removal of grease and oil spots from concrete, asphalt surfaces, etc., comprises a degreaser and a diatomaceous earth. The degreaser comprises a number of ingredients of respective percentage ranges to emulsify the grease or oil whic... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6605813 | Benchtop fluorescence molecular beacons detector and reader A low cost benchtop molecular beacons (oligonucleotide probes) reader utilizes an array of light emitting diodes to excite the fluorescence of the reaction of the combining of the molecular beacons with actual DNA strands. If the Molecular beacons match w... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6551170 | Spring loop novelty device A novelty device has a compacted spring loop in a container. During an effort of a person to remove the loop from the container, the loop under stored spring energy expands toward its extended configuration to assist in opening the container or to fly out... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6503275 | Ophthalmic lens insertion instrument and package A foldable intraocular lens is stored in its normal unfolded configuration within a lens storage chamber in a lens insertion instrument. The instrument includes a ram which is movable inwardly through the chamber to move the lens into and fold the lens to... | 01/07/2003 |
