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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 |
| 8152012 | Removable ergonomic handle gripping baby bottle A handle for gripping a container includes a circumferential portion and a plurality of arm portions. The circumferential portion defines an opening configured to receive therethrough, along an axis of the opening, a container such that the circumferential portion s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140632 | Facilitating presentation by mobile device of additional content for a word or phrase upon utterance thereof A method for presenting additional content for a word that is part of a message, and that is presented by a mobile communication device, includes the steps of: presenting the message, including emphasizing one or more words for which respective additional content is... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138419 | Cable management accessories A vertical cable manager includes a base, an interconnected double-spine assembly topped by a top frame, and a pair of doors. The double-spine assembly is supported by the base. Each door is removably coupled at each lower corner to the base and at each upper corner... | 03/20/2012 |
| D654759 | Food cooking device | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117268 | Hosted voice recognition system for wireless devices Methods, systems, and software for converting the audio input of a user of a hand-held client device or mobile phone into a textual representation by means of a backend server accessed by the device through a communications network. The text is then inserted into or... | 02/14/2012 |
| D653623 | Raceway for cable management | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107238 | Ducted exhaust equipment enclosure An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhaust... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100290 | Spooled adhesive bandage dispenser A spooled adhesive bandage dispenser includes a case, a replaceable cartridge and an activation wheel. The cartridge is disposed within the case and includes a bandage roll and a waste core. The bandage roll includes a strip of bandage packages sealed between two st... | 01/24/2012 |
| D651570 | Raceway for cable management | 01/03/2012 |
| 8073566 | Automated stringline installation system An automated stringline installation system includes a vehicle, a 3D control system, at least partly carried by the vehicle, for determining location information, and an adjustable arm assembly, mounted on the vehicle, that identifies the location of a relative poin... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068962 | 3D control system for construction machines A construction system utilizing 3D control includes a fixed base station of known location; a self-propelled construction machine located in the general vicinity of the fixed base station; and a rotating mobile unit assembly mounted on the self-propelled constructio... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061546 | Trashcan assembly including bag engaging portion A trashcan includes a trash bag that has a top end that defines a mouth and a body having a surrounding wall and a top edge that defines a mouth. A bag engaging portion is formed in the surrounding wall proximate the top edge of the body. The bag engaging portion is... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8050625 | Wireless reader tags (WRTs) with sensor components in asset monitoring and tracking systems A wireless transceiver includes: (a) a low power radio frequency (LPRF) communications component capable of powering down to conserve energy and capable of powering up in response to an electronic signal, the LPRF communications component including a transmitter and... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040673 | Ducted exhaust equipment enclosure An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhaust... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8024839 | Indexing hinge An indexing hinge comprises a two arm hinge half and an axle hinge half. The two arm hinge half includes two hinge arms, a projecting indexing element disposed therebetween and a first mounting element. The axle hinge half includes two axles, each extending from a t... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8021284 | Exercise device An exercise device is provided for enabling a user to obtain a full body workout. By attaching the device at selected positions on the hands, feet, arms, legs, or torso, different muscle groups of a user's body can be isolated for training and strengthening purposes... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8006369 | Making food serving tray assembly having disposal opening with deep serving wells Making a food serving tray assembly includes molding a serving platter and a receptacle platter. The serving platter includes a disposal opening and serving wells for receiving food items. The receptacle platter and serving platter releasably couple to one another i... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003890 | Repositionable shelf-mounted handle spool assembly for cable routing A repositionable shelf-mounted handle spool assembly for cable routing includes a mounting bracket and a repositionable spool coupled thereto. The mounting bracket has a primary mounting plate and a shelf, having an opening, that is parallel to but spaced apart from... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999183 | Cable management accessories A vertical cable manager includes a base, an interconnected double-spine assembly topped by a top frame, and a pair of doors. The double-spine assembly is supported by the base. Each door is removably coupled at each lower corner to the base and at each upper corner... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995718 | Methods and systems using a telephone number server (TNS) A telephone number server (TNS) of a first party maintains telephone numbers of third parties in association with respective Internet information of the third parties. Upon request from a second party, the request including information indicative of a third party's ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7974105 | Apparatus and method for organizing cables in a cabinet An equipment cabinet (2) includes an equipment rack (3) for mounting equipment (20), and includes organizational elements for organizing cables within the cabinet. The cables may be organized to reduce impeding airflow to or from the equipment, ... | 07/05/2011 |
| D640528 | Cable guide projection with boss | 06/28/2011 |
| 7957139 | Electronic equipment enclosure with side-to-side airflow control system An electronic equipment enclosure system with a side-to-side airflow control system includes an enclosure, having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two sides, and a side-to-side airflow control system. The airflow control system includes a side wall disposed adja... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952869 | Air diverter for directing air upwardly in an equipment enclosure An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945977 | Bedding accessory for article storage A bedding accessory for storing a plurality of articles in the space fully beneath a bed frame includes a sheet portion, a side portion appended to an edge of the sheet portion, and storage compartments formed on the side portion. The sheet portion is placed in subs... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7940184 | Integrated circuit and method to secure a RFID tag A method to secure RFID card information consisting of a piezo electric element coupled to a transistor which is coupled across the antenna leads of a RFID tag, the transistor provides a short circuit or and open circuit across the antenna leads or antenna input lea... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935009 | System for picking up, tossing, and striking a ball A multi-purpose implement is provided, including a racquet, having a handle portion and a flexible planar area held under tension by a frame, and a ball basket attached to the racquet and adapted to lift a ball directly from a generally horizontal surface. A method ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934449 | Serving tray and food container A food tray assembly includes a serving platter and a receptacle platter. The serving platter has a central aperture extending there through and a serving area defined between the central aperture and a perimeter thereof. The receptacle platter has a bottom and a pe... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637066 | Cable guide projection | 05/03/2011 |
| D637065 | Cable guide projection | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930670 | Using selectable in-line inverters to reduce the number of inverters in a semiconductor design Logic array devices having complex macro-cell architecture and methods facilitating use of same. A semiconductor device comprising an array of logic cells and programmable metal includes gate structures that are pre-wired, where, inputs and/or outputs are available ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926393 | Quad wrench A quad wrench has a head including an internal guide, first and second crowns separated by said internal guide, each of said first and second crowns having a plurality of interior faces, and first and second bolt receiving spaces, each bolt receiving space being at ... | 04/19/2011 |
| D635935 | Cover for cable management raceway | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914391 | Golf swing training device A golf swing training device includes a base, an extension bar, and a grid assembly. The grid assembly includes a grid and a putting flange. The grid assembly further includes a grid adjuster connecting the grid and putting flange to the extension bar. An alignment ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7894190 | Electronic equipment enclosure with side-to-side airflow control system An electronic equipment enclosure system with a side-to-side airflow control system includes an enclosure, having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two sides, and a side-to-side airflow control system. The airflow control system includes a side wall disposed adja... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7893356 | Cable management accessories A vertical cable manager includes a base, an interconnected double-spine assembly topped by a top frame, and a pair of doors. The double-spine assembly is supported by the base. Each door is removably coupled at each lower corner to the base and at each upper corner... | 02/22/2011 |
| D632899 | Bassinet | 02/22/2011 |
| D632660 | Cover for electronic equipment cabinet | 02/15/2011 |
| D630173 | Cover for electronic equipment cabinet | 01/04/2011 |
| D630167 | Cover for cable management raceway | 01/04/2011 |
