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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 |
| 7302788 | Protecting apparatus structure for a horse A protecting apparatus structure for protecting a horse's heel includes a protecting board engaged with the rear of the heel, a buffer support plate extended from an internal edge of the protecting board, a protrusion protruded from the center of the buffer support ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6644000 | Protective device for hoofed animals A protective device 104 for hoofed and shod animals fabricated of a durable and flexible material is presented. The protective device 104 includes a base 106 and a wall 108, with the wall designed to enclose a hoof 100 of a bare or shod animal such as a h... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6488096 | Hoof pad A hoof pad is used with a shoe for an animal, with the pad having a plate-shaped object and a plurality of catches. The flexible plate-shaped object has a partially elliptical shape including a top surface, an inner edge, an outer edge substantially match... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6443231 | Device for elevating a horse hoof A device for elevating a horse hoof to encourage the horse to lift the opposite hoof for shoeing. The device includes primarily a sock configured to be releasably mounted on a horse hoof and at least one riser secured to the sock for elevating the horse h... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6393810 | Horse leg protection system A horse leg protection system that includes a stretchable sock that is stretched over the lower leg of a horse and attached to a hoof protecting boot of the system to provide a barrier between the horse's leg and hoof and possible contaminants.... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6192989 | Temporary horseshoe A temporary horseshoe capable of being quickly and easily attached and removed from the hoof of a horse. The horseshoe includes a sole having a toe and heel formed of an elastomeric material using a conventional injection molding process. The properties o... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5588288 | Boot for shod animal's hooves A boot for horses' hooves made of flexible material having a sole part and an integral upper part with inner slots at the back, between the sole part and the upper part, provided to accommodate the protruding rear parts of a horseshoe on the hoof. An elas... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5148657 | Dog boot A dog boot having as particular portions a foot, ankle and calf, the calf and ankle being large enough to accommodate the dog's paw passing through. The front of the boot calf has a vertical opening, and there is provided a vertical panel, free at the top... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4444269 | Animal hoof cover This invention relates to animal hoof covers characterized in that provided a base, a toe cap fixed to the base and first and second fastener support means having tabs extending to either side thereof to which tie means can be mounted for securing the hoo... | 04/24/1984 |
