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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 |
| 4541534 | Display rack for sunglasses or similar articles A display rack for sunglasses includes a series of individual compartments oriented in the vertical plane and arranged in a stacked array. The display rack includes a plurality of vertical wall members with at least three central members oriented to form ... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4432521 | Cradle case An improved eyeglass holder is provided which includes an elongated base having a flat bottom and upstanding opposed spaced sides defining a central space therebetween. The upper ends of the sides terminate in lips which diverge outwardly from each other.... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4336887 | Eye glass, ring and watch holder An eye glass, ring and watch wall mounted holder including a mounting means for attaching the holder to a wall, an eye glass holder member connected to the base for holding eye glasses, a depression in the eye glass holder for holding rings and a watch st... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4211331 | Merchandising display A merchandising display comprising a vertical post and at least two vertically spaced apart support members rotatably mounted by bearings on the post. A plurality of tongues project horizontally in different directions from each support member. A pluralit... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4204602 | Eyeglass case display unit A display rack for mounting eyeglass cases and like articles wherein the display rack has a body panel with integrally formed top and base flanges which, respectively, are adapted to releasably attach the body panel to an upright wall or support the body ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4180921 | Spectacle frame selector and display device The device comprises a stand having a display section inclined slightly to the horizontal, and a selector section projecting from the forward edge of the display section. A plurality of narrow recesses are formed in the face of the display section in para... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4157760 | Eyeglass frame display device A display device for a conventional eyeglass frame includes a display panel and an outer transparent panel mounted on and bowed outwardly relative to the display panel. At least one eyeglass frame can be supported by the device such that the lens holders ... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4150752 | Display rack for eyeglasses A multi-position display rack for eyeglasses comprising a frame that is triangular in cross-section and composed of panels connected along the edges, one corner of said frame having a narrow rib projecting outwardly therefrom and the outer edge of said ri... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4084700 | Display rack A display rack for mounting eyeglass lenses, mirrors, and like articles. The display rack has a body panel with integrally formed top and base flanges which, respectively, are adapted to releasably attach the body panel to an upright wall or support the b... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4056192 | Display device for spectacles A display device for supporting spectacles comprises a core member which is arranged to be straddled by a frame of the spectacles to be displayed and the width of which equals or slightly exceeds the center-to-center distance between hinges of the frame, ... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4011953 | Spectacle rack A spectacle rack that is supported by a base and in addition to being functional is aesthetically attractive.... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3955681 | Article retainer for stacked assembly Each retainer consists of a thin walled plastic molding generally of elongated rectangular shape having an elongated open top and partially open front and including a combination vertical plug and socket at diagonally positioned opposite rear corners for ... | 05/11/1976 |
