Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110240763 | FLUID CONTAINER CONNECTION MECHANISM The present disclosure generally relates to a spray gun for spraying fluid materials such as paints, stains, and the like, and more specifically, but not by limitation, to a fluid container connection for a spray gun. In one example, a sprayer is provided and includes a... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110036875 | MATERIAL SHAPING ASSEMBLY The shape-producing toothpaste dispenser includes a shape template with a length and a plurality of apertures formed within the length and a template-holding toothpaste cap. The plurality of apertures are arranged in a linear configuration with at least two of the plura... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110017769 | Dispenser with palm reader A dispenser, more particularly, a hand cleaner dispenser incorporating a reader for a user's hand in the form of a palm reader which avoids the need for contact between the user's hand and the dispenser yet provides opportunity for the monitoring of usage including dete... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100062096 | AEROSOL CONTAINER An aerosol container (1), comprising:—a reservoir (2) containing a propellant and a foodproduct;—operable discharge means (3) to discharge the foodproduct;—a dispensing head (10) defining a foodproduct receiving space (11) to rec... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20090324520 | PERSONAL-CARE ARTICLE FOR SEQUENTIALLY DISPENSING COMPOSITIONS WITH VARIABLE CONCENTRATIONS OF PARTITIONED BENEFIT OR SUSPENDED BENEFIT AGENTS The present invention relates to a personal-care article comprising a package and a personal-care product. The package comprises at least one chamber, a dispensing orifice, a first zone proximate to the dispensing orifice, and a second zone distal to the dispensing orif... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090324521 | Personal Care Article For Sequentially Dispensing Compositions With Variable Concentrations Of Hydrophobic Benefit Materials The personal care article comprises a single chamber package and a personal care product. The package comprises a dispensing orifice, a first zone, a second zone and a third zone that are located proximal, medial and distal to the dispensing orifice. The personal care p... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090249628 | Tube Tool Device The present invention is directed to an implement holder and a flexible tube handle that has semi-rigid or flexible walls. The tube handle has a frame adapted to be removably secured to the sealed end of the flexible tube. The frame has an attachment portion and a tool ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090117213 | Stable solutions having antiviral, antibacterial and hemostatic properties and methods of making thereof Chitosan/alcohol solutions being stable solutions that have antiviral, antibacterial and hemostatic effects and methods of making thereof. The solutions can be liquids or gels and can be delivered in variety of manners.... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090020560 | AEROSOL SYSTEM Aerosol System comprising at least two aerosol containers for separately keeping different substances, wherein each aerosol container has a valve portion; and a head portion containing a channel system and an exhaust opening, where the channel system provides communicat... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080089992 | FRUIT FLAVORING IN THE IMAGE OF A FRUIT PORTION STORED WITH A VESSEL FOR FLAVORING A FLUID An assembly and method are provided for storing and dispensing a soluble substance, such as a flavoring, into a liquid. A useful application of the subject invention includes the case where lime-flavored liquid is contained in a foam artificial lime stored in the neck o... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080035673 | Foam Dispenser Nozzle A chemical mixing device. The device includes a flow generator operative to provide at least two streams of chemicals and a mixing chamber, including at least two inlets adapted to receive the at least two streams of chemicals and an outlet through which a mixture of th... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070290011 | Storage systems and methods for aerosol accessories for dispensing texture material An aerosol system for dispensing texture material to substantially match a preexisting texture pattern, comprising an aerosol assembly, a plurality of dispensing tubes, and an accessory storage system. The aerosol assembly comprises a container member defining a contain... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070221690 | Positioning of a Container in a Beverage Dispensing Apparatus The invention relates to a beverage dispensing assembly (11) comprising a tapping device (10) for connection to pressure means (13), a container (1) connectable to the tapping device (10), a base element (8), wherein at least a ... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070199959 | Closure with selectable dispensing orifices A dispenser for dispensing a viscous material in a selected one of a multiplicity of configurations comprises a container for a volume of a viscous material and having a squeezable body and a neck with a discharge opening at its upper end. Engaged on the container is a ... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070199962 | Closure with selectable dispensing orifices A dispenser for dispensing a viscous material in a selected one of a multiplicity of configurations comprises a container having a squeezable body and neck with a discharge opening at its upper end. Engaged with the container is a closure body of generally circular cros... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070187437 | DISPENSING TIP FOR LIQUID DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME A dispensing tip for a liquid dispenser includes a hub having a proximal end, a distal end and a first passageway therethrough, and an elongate tube having a proximal end, a distal end and a second passageway therethrough. The proximal end of the tube is coupled to the ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070062981 | Piston device for dispensing ice cream, for ice cream machines of the "instant" type Piston device for dispensing ice cream, for ice cream machines of the “instant” type, comprising a whisking cylinder (1) closed by a hatch (3) having an aperture (603) communicating with the said whisking cylinder (1). The said hatch 3... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070000943 | Ergonomic frosting applicator A hand-held icing dispenser for use by a person in decorating a cake with icing dispensed through an icing tip, comprising a dispensing nozzle constructed of an integrally formed cylindrical base section with a threaded exterior surface, an integral intermediate offset ... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060266775 | Liquid container A liquid container is capable of efficiently pouring out a liquid contained therein. The liquid container includes a pouch 4 having gussets 2 and opposite sidewalls 3, a spout body 5 having a mouth 6 and a joining part 8 fixed t... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060243759 | One-piece multiorifice closure There is a one-piece closure for a dispensing container. The closure has a base and a lid. The base is adapted to be attached to the dispensing container. The base has two or more orifices therein. The two or more orifices of the base each define a different shape. The ... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060186147 | Container for liquid substances and lid therefor A container for liquid substances comprises a pouring opening in a top wall. The pouring opening is teardrop shaped with its wider part closest to the circumference of the top wall and with its narrower part closest to the center of the top wall, wherein two side edges ... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060086764 | Dispenser spout A multi-position and multi-function dispenser spout connected to an opening of a wall of container intended for liquid or granular materials, such as a milk cartons, a juice cartons or bottles, salt containers for example. The dispenser spout comprises a semi-rigid fold... | 04/27/2006 |
| 20060037980 | Discharge assembly for flowable material in a container A discharge assembly for a container having a housing bounding a storage space for flowable material and a first discharge opening A connecting portion maintains the discharge assembly on the container housing. The discharge portion has an annular inside surface that ta... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20050269357 | Toothpaste container A toothpaste container includes a flexible tube and a cap on the front end thereof. The toothpaste is filled into the toothpaste container through an opening on rear end thereof. By squeezing the flexible tube, toothpaste is out through a tube hole on front end thereof.... | 12/08/2005 |
| 20050205618 | Container fitment having ellipsoidal opening A fitment for use in the discharge of pourable contents from a container wherein the constancy of uniform flow of contents from the container is minimally, if at all, adversely affected by the need for accommodating inflow of ambient air into the container as the conten... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050121469 | Apparatus and method for reducing buildup of particulate matter in particulate-matter-delivery systems The present disclosure provides approaches for reducing buildup of particulate-matter in particulate-matter-delivery systems. In some embodiments, a trough-shaped feeder is provided in which a rectangular-to-elliptical conduit extends from the trough-shaped feeder. The ... | 06/09/2005 |
