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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4449253 | Quick evacuation fireman's coat A fireman's coat is modified by the addition of several emergency evacuation straps along the sides, the tops of the shoulders, and behind the neck, to permit a fireman overcome by smoke or otherwise incapacitated to be effectively and quickly evacuated b... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4408356 | Ventilated rain garment A rain coat or jacket includes a lining of foraminous material to which is attached exteriorly in shingled relationship a plurality of horizontal sections of fluid impermeable material such as coated fabric. The lower edges of the shingled sections are ta... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4384369 | Exercise suit An exercise suit includes a jacket and pants having numerous pockets. The pockets carry bags containing liquid to provide a weight load and massaging muscle stimulation during body movement. The pockets are so distributed about the user's body as to provi... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4338686 | Garment with absorbent pad A covering adapted to be worn on the body of a person and formed of a fabric having an inner and an outer surface. Each of the surfaces includes a moisture barrier thereon. Each moisture barrier includes a multitude of small openings therein exposing the ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4320538 | Wearing apparel The apparel is an uninsulated vest having insulated arms and adapted to be worn underneath a sleeveless insulated jacket.... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4232402 | Multi-functional convertible garment A multi-functional convertible human garment adapted for furs and the like comprised of four pieces: a jacket member, a first extension member, a second extension member, and a belt member. The members utilize zipper-type slide fastener means permitting c... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4222124 | Quilted clothing with reinforced seam Clothing made of quilted cloth, without using backing or interlining cloth, with the free cut marginal edges being finished with a flat seam so that the folded edge portions have a plain weave cotton tape interposed therebetween to be machine-sewn in two ... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4208742 | Coat construction with seamless shoulders A garment construction for a coat in which a plurality of panels are sewn together, front and back torso panels being seamlessly connected at the shoulder, having been cut from a single piece of fabric. Similar left and right torso panels are longitudinal... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4158892 | Sleeping bag, jumpsuit jacket, and vest A sleeping bag convertible into different garments; and which includes front and rear panels that can be zipped together in variable ways, and the device additionally including a pair of foot warmers, a pair of gloves and a belt.... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4141082 | Wash-and-wear coat Disclosed is a wash-and-wear coat which comprises outer cloths, lining cloths, interlining cloths and sewing threads all of which exhibit very small shrinkage of 1% or less after laundering, the interlining cloths bonded to the outer cloths having a high ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4077065 | Body garment The present invention provides a garment system for providing the user with an array of different garment styles, utilizing a minimum of pieces of apparel, comprising a garment body portion which encircles the body of the wearer and is provided with a mea... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4055853 | Convertible coat and tote bag This invention describes apparatus and method for constructing an outer garment capable of being converted to a tote bag. The coat comprises a full belt forming an upper half and a lower half. The lower half has a pair of deep pockets having zippered open... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4048675 | Jacket construction Garment construction for providing a down-filled jacket. There is provided in kit form for home assembly a jacket construction comprising a plurality of separately constructable panels. Each panel includes inner and outer sheets, said sheets being closed ... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4028742 | Motorcycle safety belt A safety belt device for drivers of high speed unenclosed vehicles that includes upper and lower belt bands with coupling means associated therewith and connecting means for joining the respective belt bands together. Loop means in the form of shoulder st... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4006495 | Coat construction A coat garment having semi-detachable sleeves and pocket means for receiving such sleeves in their semi-detached condition; the sleeves having essentially longitudinal, selectively openable seams for accommodating arm removal from such sleeves even while ... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3997921 | Baby garment For controlling a child, a baby garment such as a shirt, blouse or jacket is disclosed having a handle incorporated on its upper back preferably on the back of the collar below the downturned collar portion in cases where the garment has a collar. The han... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3990114 | Garment and method of manufacture Disclosed herein is a garment such as a coat or jacket having a unique shoulder and arm construction and a method for manufacturing such a garment. The body of the coat is provided with armholes positioned and formed so as to expose an elongated perimeter... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3950789 | Dry ice cooling jacket A cooling jacket provides personal cooling for the wearer by convection as cold carbon dioxide gas circulates within the space between the inside surface of the jacket and the wearer's body. Dry ice is held in pockets inside the jacket, aand each pocket i... | 04/20/1976 |
