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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 |
| 7874451 | Container assembly for use on planar surfaces of varying slopes The present invention relates generally to containers configured for use on dual planar as well as single planar surfaces that can deviate from the horizontal. Such special receptacles can be used in a variety of static environments having sloped surfaces including:... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7325968 | Structure for holding either a cylindrical or square shaped container during a mixing operation Apparatus and method for mixing a fluid dispersion disposed in a container having either a cylindrical or a square shape. The apparatus includes a holding structure having a retaining structure connected to a base. The retaining structure prevents lateral movement o... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321304 | Security tip jar A security tip jar includes a vessel body and a removable base. The vessel body defines an open top designed for receiving a gratuity. The removable base forms a closed bottom of the vessel body. An electronic sensor is located in the removable base, and is adapted ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7261262 | Bucket brace and method for use A bucket brace holds a bucket in place while the bucket's contents are mixed or stirred. The bucket brace prevents the bucket from spinning due to the mixing. The bucket brace is an assembly made up of four parts: a base, a foot pressure portion, a front support, an... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7219815 | Dispenser for dispensing two different substrates Different embodiments for adapting a package, such as a tissue carton or wet wipes container, for placement into a cup holder or for being secured by a cup holder are disclosed. By adapting existing packages containing disposable articles to fit into a cup holder, t... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7178687 | Moldable plastic container with hourglass profile A molded plastic container with a sidewall having a general hourglass configuration. The container structure includes an upper rim, a bottom and a sidewall that extends between the upper rim and the bottom. The sidewall includes a lower frustum section, a narrow mid... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7077560 | Structure for holding either a cylindrical or square shaped container during a mixing operation Apparatus and method for mixing a fluid dispersion disposed in a container having either a cylindrical or a square shape. The apparatus includes a holding structure having a retaining structure connected to a base. The retaining structure prevents lateral movement o... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7059488 | ISO fittings for composite structures An apparatus and method are disclosed for removably attaching an ISO corner fitting to a composite material shipping container. The apparatus and method of the invention comprises a post that is anchored in the composite material frame of the container. The ISO corn... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7021594 | Folding magnetic holding wrap for cups or mugs An improved holder for receiving a liquid-containing device and mounting it onto a magnetic accepting support or surface is provided having a foldable single unit wrap element with a magnetic means secured to the outer surface of the wrap element. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7000798 | Rotating laundry storage A revolveable laundry hamper for individually storing laundry in a plurality of chambers into which garments and items requiring laundering can be separated according to wash cycle required. The laundry hamper consists of a box-like structure having four side doors ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6969458 | Filter A filter having a thin metal flanged embedded within an open wall portion of a transparent plastic housing. The metal flange is permanently and non-detachably embedded within the wall and connected to a filter cover plate to create a fluid-tight seal. The resulting ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6910600 | In-line windowed facial tissue carton Disclosed herein is a facial tissue container comprising: a top face having a plurality of top face portions, the top face portions for creating a facial tissue container opening; a bottom face disposed opposite the top face and having a plurality of bottom face por... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6783023 | Legged pot A legged pot has a pot body and at least one leg. The leg has a fluid conduit in fluid communication to and from the pot body. The legged pot can be used with a fluid source, a plastic film, or a tray to reduce watering cost, labor and material cost, water and ferti... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6705484 | Plastic transport container with reinforced floor A container has a polygonal and generally planar floor panel having a plurality of edges, an upper face, and a lower face. Respective side walls extend upward from the edges of the floor panel and a plurality of ribs extend downward from the lower face of the floor ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6562270 | Combination cup insulator/stabilizer and method for making the same A combination disposable cup insulator/stabilizer and the process and method for making the same comprising the steps of selecting a first disposable cup demonstrating a frustoconical configuration, separating the upper portion of the first cup from its l... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6497338 | Plastic drum with reinforced sidewall A unitary plastic open head drum includes a first cylindrical sidewall closed at a bottom end with a bottom wall and open at an upper end. A second generally cylindrical sidewall is concentric to and extending at least partially the length of the first si... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6315150 | Bowl-shape container A bowl-shaped container has a rim of a bottom and the rim is hollow. The container is made of a thermoplastic resin sheet, and wherein the hollow rim is formed by folding the thermoplastic resin sheet including a side wall surface and a bottom wall surfac... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6311859 | Paired recycling and refuse containers A refuse and recycling receptacle assembly is constructed of two half round slatted receptacles hingedly secured to an intermediate stand upon which plastic garbage bags and the like can be attached. When it is wished to empty the plastic containers, the ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6305656 | Magnetic coupler and various embodiments thereof A magnetic coupler having various holding device embodiments to be quickly magnetically coupled and uncoupled with an industrial strength magnetic base that is fixedly attached to a desired nonferrous surface, such as a dashboard of an automobile. The mag... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6164483 | Storage container with self-retaining lid A storage container with self-retaining lid includes a lid and a storage container. The structure for attaching the lid can be molded on to the bottom of the storage container, molded to the top of the lid, or molded to the lid and the bottom of the stora... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5862938 | Flat bottom composite pressure vessel A lined composite pressure vessel is adapted for mounting in upright position on a flat surface or the like in which a filament wound pressure vessel has a polar closed end and is formed with a liner. An end boss extends through the closed end with an ann... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5772065 | Shot glass A shot glass is formed with a sloping, slightly tapered side wall. A curved cup bottom wall extends across the bottom of the shot glass and is spaced upward from the bottom edge of the shot glass side wall. The cup bottom wall has a thicker central portio... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5762196 | Stackable drawn pieces Stackable drawn sheet-metal pieces have spacer knobs which are drawn in a bead-type manner and are integrated in the drawn piece to rise from a wall of the drawn piece. The walls of the drawn piece situated transversely to a stacking direction have a mutu... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5636759 | Torsionally rigid cover A cover of polymeric material developed substantially in cup shape is disclosed. The bottom of the cover has stiffening ribs on its inner side. The stiffening ribs are developed as a cross bracing, the cross bracing being interrupted at least in part by g... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5597085 | Composite, pressure-resistant drum type container A composite, drum type container for storing and dispensing corrosive fluids comprises an inner plastic liner of polyethylene and an outer plastic shell. The end walls of the outer shell are substantially dome-shaped to add strength to the container, and ... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5566848 | Sloped bottom tank An improved tank bottom configuration formed from a flat metal plate of square or rectangular shape is disclosed. The plate is sheared to provide two adjacent sides which are tapered along their lengths and a notch is cut in each corner portion. By the us... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5511653 | Jewelry tray A jewelry tray includes a plastic grid-like frame including a peripheral supporting wall and a grid structure connected therewith, the grid structure including a intersecting bars that define a plurality of openings; a thin sheet of plastic forming a skin... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5482178 | Receptacle with a deformable foot susceptible of serving as a saucer The receptacle embodying the invention comprises an elastically deformable tubular element prolonged by a tubular portion so as to enable it to be turned upwards in order to constitute an annular pan beneath the receptacle that can be assimilated with a s... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5469985 | Stainless steel container with deformation protecting device The container of the present invention includes a rubber protector. The rubber protector is annularly fitted to at least one of an upper end wall and a lower end wall of the container body and extends over the outer peripheral region of the end wall. The ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5462180 | Bottle base stand A base stand for use with a plastic bottle having a hemispherical bottom includes a thin-wall cylindrical sheath portion and a thin toroidal-shaped base portion having a lowermost rim defining a seating ring. The sheath portion engages the side wall of th... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5413242 | Tight container and assembly of said container and an appropriate support A tight container (3) constituted by a cover (4), a receptacle (5), and a fastening part (6) joining them together. The receptacle is subdivided into cavities by radiating partitions and it encircles the cover, while being offset with respect thereto. A k... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5353951 | Serviceable storage and transport container A storage and transport container for used anti-freeze solutions. The container includes a primary receptacle and a secondary containment and support vessel. The top of the primary receptacle is generally conical but includes a shoulder wall with an openi... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5325990 | Container support A container support has two legs attached on opposite sides of a container with a third leg attached to one of the legs attached to the container. The third leg pivots to minimize its projection when carrying the container from place to place with the sup... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5287979 | Ovoid container for condiments An ovoid container which has two concave halves each with an open end and a closed end. As the open ends of the two halves are connected, the closed container takes on an egg or ovoid shape. The open ends are connected by combining an annular rib of one o... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5186898 | Automated polypeptide synthesis apparatus An apparatus is provided for automatically constructing a polypeptide of high purity, up to 50 amino acids in length, using only single couplings. The apparatus includes an activation system for receiving protected amino acids, one kind at a time, having ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5183280 | Multi-purpose elevated bucket A multipurpose container has a bucket supported above the floor by a skirt. The skirt extends from the upper edge of the bucket down and out, so the skirt provides a good base for the bucket, with the bucket suspended centrally of the skirt. Slots are pro... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5064091 | Swap tank A swap tank has transverse bars disposed at the standard spacing of ISO containers and end portions extending beyond the transverse bars. Each end portion has associated with it a base frame structure including the transverse bar and a pair of diagonal st... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5046635 | Trash separator container An improved trash separator container is provided and consists of a housing having a closed bottom wall and an open top. A first mechanism is within the housing, for dividing the housing into multiple compartments to separately store different types of tr... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5029612 | Auxiliary water supply barrel An emergency water supply barrel that would be connected to one of the water faucets of a house. The water supply barrel has an inlet port and an outlet port formed adjacent the top end of the barrel. A tubular pipe within the barrel has its top end conne... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4907570 | Water heater with upwardly sliding outer jacket A water heater (40) includes a lower skirt ring (42) supporting and spacing an inner storage tank (2) above a support surface (10a), and an outer jacket (44, 56, 70) slid upwardly along the inner storage tank and having a lower end (48, 60) extending radi... | 03/13/1990 |
