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...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 |
| 20110289821 | Humane racoon restraint A raccoon foot-restraining trap has a bait trigger that is sized and shaped, for example in the form of a ring, to snag the foot of the raccoon as the foot is pushed into the trap in an effort to obtain bait. The bait cannot be touched by the raccoon without also activa... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110271583 | Method and apparatus for extermination of pests An extermination device for exterminating pests includes a holder, trigger mechanism and a resilient ring mounted on the holder. When a pest actuates the trigger mechanism, the ring is released from the holder onto the pest, thereby killing the pest in a humane manner. ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20100275503 | RACCOON TRAP The animal trap of the present invention includes a tubular body with an open forward end and a closed rear end. A spring loaded restraint is pivotally mounted on the body so as to be movable between open and closed positions. A latch on the body engages the restraint t... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20090313879 | MOUSE TRAP The trap consists of a prism-shaped main body (1); 8-shaped jaw membrane (2), see FIG. 6, made out of a single piece of metal wire and loosely attached to a J-shaped spring (3), also made out of a single piece of metal wire; threat (5)... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090288332 | Mousetrap Disclosed is a mousetrap having an enclosure with a rotatable top part having a downwardly extending strike plate within the enclosure, and a bottom part having an upwardly extending catch plate within the enclosure, an aperture in each of the top part and the bottom pa... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090282727 | Cardboard Rodent Trap With Sliding Striker A rodent trap comprising a body having a viewing aperture; a depressible trip located below the viewing aperture; a retainer operatively connected to the trip; a striker including a carriage; a pair of rails in which the carriage is able to slide, the rails located adja... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090151225 | Rodent Trap Having A Snare A trap having a housing, and a snare pivotally joined with the housing. The trap has an opening that provides a passageway for a rodent to enter the housing. The snare may pivot between a first position and a second position. In the first position, a rodent may enter th... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090090042 | DEVICE FOR TRAPPIING A MOLE The object of the invention is a device for trapping a mole, in particular for the purpose of its eradication, forming a passage (10) through which the mole can travel and comprising a support (12) and means (14) for immobilizing said mole.... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20080083155 | Hide-able square snare This invention relates to a structure of a snare that is designed to reduce animal awareness of the presence of the snare. The structure of the snare includes: 40″ of 3/32″ steel cable which is crimped three times in 8″ increments from one end, two ⅛″ steel nu... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20070266618 | Method and Apparatus for Extermination of Pests An extermination device for exterminating pests includes a holder, trigger mechanism and a resilient ring mounted on the holder. When a pest actuates the trigger mechanism, the ring is released from the holder onto the pest, thereby killing the pest in a humane manner. ... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070079544 | Snare trigger assembly A snare trigger assembly for use in trapping animals that may minimize pelt damage for certain animals. The snare trigger assembly has a rotatable member mounted in a frame. A lever is operable to rotate the rotatable member from a set position to a sprung position in r... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070017149 | Mousetrap The present invention is directed to a mousetrap comprising: an enclosure comprised of a top, a base and apertures located on each of the top and the base, wherein the enclosure is in an open position upon substantial alignment of the apertures; and a trigger mechanism ... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20060185223 | Mousetrap With reference to a preferred embodiment as depicted in FIG. 4, the present invention provides a mousetrap comprising a first part (5) and a second part (10) that together define an enclosure wherein the first part (5) and the second part ( 08/24/2006 | |
| 20050274057 | Humane leg hold trap A trap including a housing having an inner wall and a first opening and a trigger that is inserted into the first opening. The trigger having an edge contacting the inner wall when the trap is armed. ... | 12/15/2005 |
