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 |
| 7406752 | Stretching means for filiform elements A stretching device for filiform elements comprises a main body member (1) having ends, with one of the ends having a connection opening (2) and the opposite end of the plate member having a rotating mounting opening (3) in the rotating mounting... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7255149 | Temporary window covering The invention is directed to a temporary window shade that may include an elongated cover having a top end and a bottom end, and that may be adapted to be oriented in a retracted position, an extended position, and a plurality of intermediate positions. The temporar... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7028838 | Light strand storage device A light strand storage device includes a panel having a first side, a second side and a peripheral edge. The peripheral edge includes a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge wherein the first and second edges are positioned opposite of each other... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6527213 | Skein support bow A skein support bow includes an elongated solid main section made of flexible material and has a length approximately equal to the length of a skein to be mounted thereon. Double hook members are located at each end of the elongated main section for engag... | 03/04/2003 |
| 4811839 | Film belt loader package A film belt package which facilitates loading on support rollers while maintaining the belt protected within the package until loaded on the support rollers. This film belt loader package supports the film belt under tension and in a configuration which s... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4492350 | Packaging reel A reel comprising spaced, parallel flanges between which is disposed a hub wherein the flanges comprise first and second outer side wall panels and the hub first and second longitudinal hub panels positioned between the first and second outer side wall pa... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4432502 | Bobbin apparatus for use in radiosondes Bobbin apparatus for releasing a connecting filament between a radiosonde and the sonde balloon in a controlled manner during the ascent thereof includes a longitudinally extending member adapted to be affixed to the balloon around which the filament is w... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4394996 | Drapery package A drapery package comprising a core member and a drapery wrapped around it. The core member has a central portion and two end sections, the first of said two end sections containing a substantially uniformly spaced gap adjacent to said central portion, an... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4240595 | End cap for cloth reel An end cap for a paper board reel of unitary construction which is designed to be applied in an economical manner by production machinery and provides a smooth arcuate surface which avoids injury to cloth to be wound thereon.... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4148441 | Fabric package, fabric package core, and fabric packaging method In order to form a package which includes a length of fabric which at one side edge region is substantially longer than at its other side edge region, the fabric is wound so as to form a wound body of fabric surrounding a given axis, and along the latter ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4126285 | Winding reel A one-piece winding reel for fabric made from corrugated cardboard in which the corrugations are aligned with the center line of the reel. In one embodiment self-locking end-flaps are provided to eliminate the need for fastening materials. In a second emb... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4126286 | End cap for cloth reel An end cap for a paperboard reel upon which cloth is to be wound which has its corners rounded instead of sharp so as not to injure cloth with which the reel might come in contact.... | 11/21/1978 |
| 3971527 | Yarn reel A reel for yarn, ribbon, or the like is disclosed which consists of a pair of end pieces and a central web operatively connected therebetween about which the yarn or ribbon can be wound. The end pieces are of identical construction and each comprises a si... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3967800 | Cloth-board reel A new and improved cloth-board reel is disclosed which utilizes two corrugated sheets bonded together eliminating the need for an intermediary sheet which was previously considered necessary. The cloth-board reel of the present invention provides the requ... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3958778 | Self locking textile core A paperboard textile core has two self locking tabs at each end of the core to secure the core together.... | 05/25/1976 |
