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 |
| 8042235 | Buckling device for safety belt A buckling device for safety belts includes a buckle made of metal material and bent to form a projected holder. A wider segment of the holder is used to insert a side of the safety belt to the buckle. On each of two sides of a narrower segment of the holder is moun... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7353665 | Clasps, interchangeable jewelry pieces, and methods for connecting the same A clasp for releasably fastening two objects is disclosed. The clasp includes a male member and a female member. The female member includes a displaceable member that is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the displaceable ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7320157 | Resilient clip fastener A resilient clip with a plurality of twisted wings for engaging a first structure. The twisted wings provide the clip with a low ratio of insertion force to pull-out force, rendering the clip relatively easy to install yet difficult to pull out. In one embodiment, t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318256 | Resilient clip fastener A resilient clip with a plurality of twisted wings for engaging a first structure. The twisted wings provide the clip with a low ratio of insertion force to pull-out force, rendering the clip relatively easy to install yet difficult to pull out. In one embodiment, t... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7168138 | Resilient clip fastener A resilient clip with a plurality of twisted wings for engaging a first structure. The twisted wings provide the clip with a low ratio of insertion force to pull-out force, rendering the clip relatively easy to install yet difficult to pull out. In one embodiment, t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7114225 | Connector A preferred embodiment connector includes a catch, a housing, and a locking member. The catch has an end with an engaging member, and the housing has a cavity and a supporting member. The locking member is positioned within the cavity and has a first position and a ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107657 | Lanyard operated sternum breakaway buckle with vertical position adjustment A vertically positioned, lanyard, releasing breakaway buckle including a keeper and a secure. The keeper has a rear wall, side walls and a floor. A cover, to which a lanyard is secured, is hinged to the keeper and spaced apart from the floor. The cover defines an el... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7007744 | Mount for fan shroud on heat exchanger A fastening between a fan shroud and a heat exchanger, the fastening including a plurality of cooperating fastening devices about the outer edge of the shroud and heat exchanger. At least one of the cooperating fastening devices comprises a locking hook on one edge ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6955514 | Connector with male part for final fixing A connector for fastening a member having an attaching hole includes a female part and a male part. The female part has a head portion, a leg portion, an inner space formed in the leg portion side and opened at the head portion, and an engaging projection formed on ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948219 | Latch system for child seat A latch system for attaching a child seat to an anchorage of a vehicle seat includes a first latch device connected to a first end of a length of webbing, an adjuster connected to a second end of the length of webbing, and a second latch device. The adjuster has a p... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6708942 | Security buckle for harnessing display sets A security buckle for allowing a firm grip of a displaying device by a safety strap. The security buckle is anchored into a ventilation slit, thus preventing the strap from sliding. The security buckle comprises: an elongated member, a tooth protruding from one end ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6405412 | Seatbelt buckle tongue A seatbelt buckle tongue has a buckling part and an aperture through which seatbelt webbing passes. The extent of sliding of the tongue on the webbing is limited by at least one protrusion provided on the inside of the aperture in the tongue. A protrusion... | 06/18/2002 |
| 5611644 | Buckle for a diving mask A strap retainer system is disclosed. The strap retainer system has particular utility with diving masks and includes a buckle pivotably mounted to a frame. The buckle cooperates with a swivel mechanism to permit selective adjustment of the strap length. ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5020193 | Connector Straps having a rigid buckle are removably attached to a unitary flexible mounting lug comprising a substrate, a web extending vertically from the substrate, an elongate flange extending from one side of the web and a lip extending from the opposite side ... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4962572 | Tongue assembly A tongue assembly for use in a three-point continuous loop seat belt system is freely slidable along the belt to enable use of a light retractor spring. The tongue assembly includes a lock bar slidable along a base. The base has a flat leading end portion... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4638534 | Pivot structure for seat belt buckle Disclosed is a novel pivot structure for a seat belt buckle wherein a base plate of a seat belt buckle is connected to an anchor stay by way of a pin and spring means interposed therebetween in such a manner that the buckle may pivot relative to the ancho... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4607398 | Strap and retainer for a divers mask A strap and retainer for a diver's mask, or other mask to be held on a user's face. The retainer is comprised in part of a molded portion of the frame of the mask with a movable clip portion therein which is pivotally mounted into a molded pocket in the f... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4559678 | Fastening straps and articles employing fastening straps A fastener for use with a leather or leather-like article having a pair of panels with at least one fastening anchor portion and one strap portion extending toward each other but short of actual contact, the fastening anchor portion having an anchor stud,... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4527292 | Locking means for a fixing band of a diving mask A locking means for a fixing band of diving mask which can fasten or release the fixing band as a fastening member to which one end of the fixing band is connected is inserted into or removed from a mask frame by one action. The locking means comprises tw... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4443916 | Latching devices The latching device includes a tongue unit engageable with a clasping unit having a pair of divergable leaf members. The leaf members are held in superposed relationship by a clip member that extends from one leaf member to the other. An elastomeric or sp... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4366604 | Anti-creep seat belt device with emergency release means A seat belt device including a buckle receiving an apertured tongue. A cover is pivotally mounted to the buckle frame and is engageable with a pawl to pivot the pawl to and from an apertured tongue releaseably secured within the buckle. An emergency relea... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4324024 | Adjusting and locking device for watch bracelets The device comprises a slide having a bottom and a pair of opposite sides. The bottom is adapted to receive the end of the bracelet to be lengthened or shortened in a slidable and adjustable manner. An eccentric shaft is pivotally connected to said opposi... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4309797 | Coupling device for animal collars A coupler for animal collars characterized by a novel combination of a releasable locking member in the form of a strip of metal which conveniently functions as a name plate. This strip is adapted to receive a pair of post members provided on a channel-li... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4282634 | Buckle A buckle is disclosed, particularly for use in conjunction with belts, straps and the like. The buckle includes two mating parts which lock together upon insertion of a male member into a female member. The male member is generally rectangular in shape an... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4199190 | Device for use in connection with safety belts The present invention relates to a device in connection with safety belts for vehicles for detachable fastening of a safety belt at least to one of its fastening points and substantially comprises a semi rigid anchoring part comprising preferably a wire a... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4091508 | Tongue plate device for use in seat belt system A tongue plate device for use in a seat belt system of the kind using a continuous webbing consisting of a lap portion and a shoulder portion for restraining an occupant onto a seat of a vehicle. The tongue plate device can be easily slipped on the webbin... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4035877 | Buckle A buckle having a male member insertable into a female member, the male member having a rigid portion and the female member having a flexible portion which engages the rigid portion to produce the locking action and the male member has a separate flexible... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3992756 | Separable fastener A separable fastener of the hook and eye type is designed to allow easy and rapid joining of the two fastener parts and to inhibit inadvertent separation of the parts after joining while nevertheless enabling the parts to be readily unfastened from one an... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3942227 | Parachute riser buckle A parachute riser buckle is provided on the parachute harness for a quick release of the parachute risers from the harness. Blocking means on the buckle body has a latch position in which it blocks removal of the riser connecting portion and an unlatched ... | 03/09/1976 |
