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 |
| 8181316 | Fastening member comprising shaped tab A fastening member used for, e.g., a disposable absorbent article is disclosed. The fastening member extends in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction and has a lateral centerline. The fastening member comprises a base panel and a shaped tab extending l... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8082636 | Fastening member comprising shaped tab A fastening member used for, e.g., a disposable absorbent article is disclosed. The fastening member extends in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction and has a lateral centerline. The fastening member comprises a base panel and a shaped tab extending l... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8060993 | Fastening member comprising shaped tab A fastening member used for, e.g., a disposable absorbent article is disclosed. The fastening member extends in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction and has a lateral centerline. The fastening member comprises a base panel and a shaped tab extending l... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8020262 | Strip of male fastening means, patch cut therefrom, and fastening tape tab comprising such patch The invention provides a patch of a male fastening means, in particular, a hook patch with decreased bending resistance. The patch according to the invention comprises a backing bearing a plurality of male fastening elements, in particular hook elements. The patch i... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7971325 | Touch fastener products A touch fastener including an elongated base having multiple segments connected by articulable joints. Each segment has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of touch fastener elements extending from the lower surface of the base. A flexible barrier ext... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7895718 | Fastening system A mechanical fastening system having an engaging component and a receiving component. The receiving component has a first bond line, a second bond line, a bond zone, and a plurality of consecutive sweep regions. The second bond line is disposed adjacent to the first... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895717 | Closing mechanism comprising an illuminant, and method for producing one such closing mechanism A closing mechanism (1; 101; 201; 301) includes a plurality of closing elements (2; 102; 202; 302, 302a) such as hooks, mushroom heads or loops, and a flat carrier (3; 103; 203; 303). The closing elements (2; 102; 202; 302, 302a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7870651 | Elasticized side members The disclosure provides embodiments for elasticized members used as closures for garments, such as diapers, jacket cuffs, and similar articles, the elasticized member having an elastic body having an attachment region adapted for attachment of the elastic body to a ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7836564 | Reversible attachment mechanisms Mechanically interlocking releasable fastener systems include a reinforced shape memory polymer for forming one of the interlocking components. The reinforced shape memory polymer includes a filler material in the form of a fiber and/or platelet. The filler can incl... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7725992 | Mechanical fastener A mechanical fastener is disclosed. The mechanical fastener generally comprises the male component of a hook and loop fastening system. The male component contains a plurality of protrusions that have been surface modified. In particular, the protrusions have been s... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7669297 | Composite webs and closure systems Composite webs having one or more polymeric structures located on a substrate, closure systems comprising composite webs, and methods of attaching articles are disclosed. The polymeric structures are formed using thermoplastic compositions and are attached to a surf... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7661178 | Fastener adapter A fastener adapter and fastener strap combination includes a first strap member having first and second ends, an outer surface and an inner surface with hook material; and a second strap member having first and second opposing surfaces of hook material. The second s... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7640637 | Methods to modify the fibrous landing layer of a foam based fastener and products made from the same Methods to modify an engaging surface of a fibrous landing layer of a mechanical fastener are generally disclosed, along with products made from the same. For instance, the engaging surface of the landing layer can be mechanically modified to increase the fuzziness ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640638 | Fastening system for wearing article A fastening system for a wearing article comprising a pair of hook carrying side edge portions with a hook component and a pair of loop carrying side edge portions with a loop component adapted to be detachably engaged with each other. Each of the hook carrying side... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7636988 | Methods for making fasteners There is provided a hook fastener comprising a base, where at least one surface has a multiplicity of engaging projections, which projections have a top surface and an attached end that are arranged in a region to form one or more shapes. There is also provided a me... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7621026 | Activatable fastening system and web having elevated regions and functional material members A web for use in applying a functional material is provided. The web includes a layer that has a plurality of elevated regions. The layer defines a plurality of cavities such that the cavities are located between adjacent elevated regions. A plurality of depressed r... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7587797 | Sock keeper A sock keeper holds clothing items together in the laundry. A flexible base extends between opposite first and second edges, and between opposite ends. One of the base ends has a first tab projecting outward adjacent the base first edge. The opposite base end has a ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7568264 | Fastening member comprising shaped tab A fastening member used for, e.g., a disposable absorbent article is disclosed. The fastening member extends in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction and has a lateral centerline. The fastening member comprises a base panel and a shaped tab extending l... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7493676 | Hook fastener structures Hook structures for use in hook and loop or hook and engagement material fastening applications. Structures according to embodiments of the invention include hooks which extend from bases which in turn extend from a foundation and also extend laterally across the st... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7475455 | Fiber-made surface fastener for reducing unpleasant noise at peeling-off and product provided therewith This invention relates to a fiber-made surface fastener comprising joining faces each in which a plurality of fiber-made engaging elements are provided on one surface of each flat base fabric. By specifying a structure and composition yarns of the base fabric of the... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7464446 | Method and device for improving the frictional engagement between two contract surfaces Method for obtaining an improved but easily adjustable and releasable frictional engagement between two contact surfaces. According to the method, both contact surfaces are provided with material layers (2, 4) which, when there is low contact pressure between... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7461437 | Articles and methods of their formation A fastener product includes a base; and an array of fastener projections extending integrally from a first surface of the base, the projections each including a stem portion of resin molded integrally with the first surface of the base, and a head portion disposed a... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7451531 | Fastener adapter A fastener adapter for connecting fastener straps. The fastener adapter includes an outer member, and an inner member attached at an angle to the outer member such that the outer and inner members cooperate to form first and second pockets. At least one of the first... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451532 | Forming discrete fastener element regions A method of making a fastener product having discrete regions of fastener element stems extending from a strip-form base includes providing a gap formed along a peripheral surface of a rotating mold roll, the mold roll having a plurality of cavities exposed about th... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7435245 | Fastening element for hygiene articles and endless tape for the production of said element A fastening element for hygiene articles. The fastening element presents a first longitudinal direction and a second transverse direction in the form of a longitudinal section. The fastening element includes mechanically adhering clip elements, a first section corre... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430788 | Magnetorheological nanocomposite elastomer for releasable attachment applications A releasable fastener system comprises a loop portion and a hook portion. The loop portion includes a support and a loop material disposed on one side thereof whereas the hook portion includes a support and a plurality of closely spaced upstanding hook elements exte... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431976 | Fastening member for a molded article A fastening member capable of attachment to a molded article is disclosed. The fastening member includes a base with integral longitudinal lips defining the lateral edges of the base and the fastening member. Fastener elements are disposed on the same side of the ba... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429415 | Adhesive closing part An adhesive closing part includes a support band (10) provided with hooking elements (12) disposed thereupon. A cover band (18) covers the support band (10) on the side facing away from the hooking elements (12), and is wider than ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425360 | Touch fastener products Touch fasteners for use as mold inserts in molding seat foam buns include selvedges that deflect under pressure to engage a mold surface in face-to-face contact. Another touch fastener includes a base with an exposed thermally activatable resin surface that has a so... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422783 | Submerged hooks Articles having cooperative fasteners are described. The cooperative fasteners comprise an elongated fastening strip with male fasteners extending from a first surface and foam disposed on the first surface, where at least a portion of the foam extends to a height g... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407496 | Fastening film system and assembly comprising a fastening film system and a substrate The present invention relates to a fastening film system 1 comprising a backing 7 and an adhesive layer 6 on one of the two major surfaces of the backing 7, the backing 7 bearing on its exposed major surface 3a opposi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404241 | Silent surface fastener A silent surface fastener comprises a base part (2), a plurality of engaging elements (3a, 3b) raised from the base part, and a vibration-damping material layer (10) disposed on the back surface of the base part. According t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404242 | Lace securing apparatus The invention is for a lace gripper comprising an upper body and a lower body that may be joined together whereby a tied lace is secured between the two bodies. Preferable the upper body is designed to receive inserts, charms, lights, recording devices, alarm and lo... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7395583 | Hook engageable loops Hook-engageable loop materials are provided, which include high bulk yarns. Closure strips employing such materials, and methods of making such materials are also provided. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7373698 | Closure tabs for absorbent articles A closure tab is provided and includes a first substrate. A second substrate is adhesively attached to the first substrate. The second substrate has mechanical closure material formed thereon. A compression bond pattern is applied to the first substrate and the seco... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373699 | Plastic sheet reinforcement A strip-form touch fastener component includes a resin base having a front surface from which an array of molded plastic fastener elements project, and a reinforcing knit fabric directly laminated to a side of the resin base opposite the fastener elements, the fabri... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7356888 | Multi-functional retaining strap A multi-functional retaining strap has two strap surfaces. Each strap surface is installed with attachable tapes. The multi-functional retaining strap comprises a short extending retaining strap having one end fixed to a middle section of the strap surface of the mu... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7340807 | Pouch and resealable closure mechanism therefor including a plurality of interlocking closure elements A resealable closure mechanism includes first and second closure strips. The first closure strip includes a plurality of discontinuous closure elements and the second closure strip includes a plurality of discontinuous closure elements. One or more of the discontinu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331087 | Activatable fastening system and web having elevated regions and functional material members A web for use in applying a functional material is provided. The web includes a layer that has a plurality of elevated regions. The layer defines a plurality of cavities such that the cavities are located between adjacent elevated regions. A plurality of depressed r... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316052 | Closure profile and die plate for extruding same A reclosable pouch includes interlocking male and female closure elements having elongate hollow closure profiles. The male closure profile has a hollow shaft section, and the female closure profile has a channel with at least one hollow side. A set of pleated grip ... | 01/08/2008 |
