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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7389749 | Stabilizer for shoeing a horse The stabilizer for shoeing a horse is trailer-style apparatus for securely holding horses for close work such as shoeing operations or veterinary procedures. The unit consists of an open-back rectangular perimeter frame with a trailer hitch assembly and an outboard-... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7328704 | Handcuff calipers A restraint device includes a closable loop to circumscribe a wearer's limb and defining an inner opening having a plurality of sizes. An indicator scale is associated with the loop to indicate the size of the opening in a closed configuration. The size indicated by... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7195076 | Hoof trimming stall A hoof trimming stall has a front gate having two pivotally mounted spaced-apart doors for swinging inwardly and outwardly. The doors are movable between a catching position in which the doors point inwardly for receiving a head of the animal entering the stall, a c... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7185612 | Animal wound shield The animal wound shield is a protective casing having a shank portion and an appendage cover that can be disposed around a limb and an attached appendage of the animal. The appendage cover is articulated to a lower end of the shank. Thus, the appendage cover is pivo... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6729268 | Rear support pet leash A rear support pet leash includes a loop portion and a lifting portion, both portions being formed of flexible material. The loop portion has first and second ends and a medial section. Each of the first and second ends is attached adjacent the medial section to for... | 05/04/2004 |
| 5842443 | Animal lifting means An animal lifting apparatus comprising a frame including longitudinal members, forward strut, rear strut on which is mounted a hindquarter support, a harness support attached to frame gambrel being connected to a frame by straps, received by slots in outr... | 12/01/1998 |
