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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 |
| 7497719 | Snap-lock connector A safety lamp connector assembly for use with at least one of more lamps which may include: an end cap for the lamp and having end cap clips; an intermediate snap action socket body for receiving the end cap; a socket base comprising: resilient clip arms with clip s... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7413456 | Quick connect light bulb socket The present invention relates to an electrical socket for a standard light bulb. The socket is configured to allow the bulb to be pushed into and pulled from the socket. The sockets are provided with spring members where the spring members have ridges thereon to eng... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7360922 | Combination of light tube with stabilizer A light tube assembly includes a light tube and a stabilizer which includes a tubular body with copper members that are slidably engaged with curved slots in a base. A core with terminal plates is received in the tubular body and two locking pin 51s extend th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7291029 | T-8 to T-5 adapter lampholder An adapter for fluorescent lamp fixtures that retrofits a T-8 lamp fixture for a T-5 fluorescent lamp that is simple and inexpensive is disclosed herein. The lampholder adapter includes a rotatable locking disk member set in a base assembly for receiving the end-pro... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7222987 | Connector for connecting light strings A connector for connecting a plurality of light strings mainly includes a female socket and a male socket with a plurality of terminal receivers and conductive pieces respectively. The terminal receivers and the conductive pieces are connected with the light-string ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204711 | Lamp socket The present invention provides a lamp socket having a socket body with a lamp receiving portion and a back portion divided by a partition. The back side of the partition has a shelf and a recessed portion that extends inwardly relative to the shelf. The lamp socket ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7097327 | Lever pivot safety stop socket for fluorescent lamps A lever pivot safety stop socket for fluorescent lamps. The device consists of a molded plastic housing which includes electrical contact strips, attached to power leads; and a plastic, levered and slotted rotor. The rotor fits into an opening in the housing face, l... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7029160 | Lamp wedge base A wedge base for a lamp including a body section for mounting the lamp envelope with filament lead wires extending out, the body having a shoulder and an integral, depending rib. The bottom edge of the rib has notches formed along the lower edge. Lead wire bores are... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025612 | Base for a mogul-based lamp A lampsocket having a porcelain body that has a base, a peripheral wall, and at least two of a rigid, longitudinal spacer projecting axially outwardly from the base. The longitudinal upper surfaces of the spacers engage opposite areas of the bottom of the base of th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019220 | Supporting device for discrete electric component A supporting device (21) for a discrete electric component is so designed as to include a supporting part (22), and this supporting part includes a main body (26), and a pair of first flange portions (27a, 27b) and a ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7001046 | Led lamp An LED lamp has: an LED with a pair of terminals; a holder to which the LED is attached, the holder being of insulating material; and a radiation unit that has two metallic radiation plates that are attached to the holder while surrounding the holder and being insul... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6906465 | End-of-life protection for compact fluorescent lamps A self-ballasted fluorescent lamp (10) that comprises a housing (12) formed to contain a ballast. The housing (12) has a top surface (14) with openings (16) leading from the exterior of the housing (12) to the interior. The ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6905225 | Floodlight and spotlight adapter and enclosure A lamp adapter comprising a housing with a reflective coating on the inside thereof, a lens, a means for attaching the lens to the housing, a waterproof grommet, and a converter having a female socket and a male plug, wherein the female socket and the male plug have... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6875042 | Lamp holder A holder for a lamp with a glass vessel and a lamp base includes at least one spring element and at least one connecting part which can move relative to the spring element between two positions. In the first position the locking part thereby enters into contact with... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6774549 | Lamp structure of lamp string A lamp includes a bulb having conductive terminals and a retainer including a cylinder having a top opening for receiving the bulb and a U-shaped support having a bottom with two arms extended towards and connected to lower side of the cylinder for supporting and re... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6743041 | Adaptor for shockproof socket The invention pertains to an adaptor for inserting lamps with pin bases into screw bases, the task of which is to make it impossible to screw out the adaptor without special tools after it has been inserted into the screw base. This task is achieved by the in... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6692308 | Holder for halogen lamp A lampholder has a socket having an inner end, formed with seats adapted to hold contacts, and forming an outwardly open hole defining an axis and adapted to fit with a base of a high-voltage lamp and a base fittable against the inner end and having a flo... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6692309 | Mercury vapor lamp electrical connector A connector includes a tubular wall on a first body containing a lamp envelope, coaxially receiving an insulating tube mounted on a second body having a cavity that receives the first body, spring metal strip terminals on the outside of the tubular wall i... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6623291 | Decorative light with an inner locking device A decorative light has a lamp holder, a socket inserted into the lamp holder and a bulb mounted in the socket. The lamp holder has two upper protrusions and two lower protrusions formed on opposite sides of the inner periphery of the lamp holder. The sock... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6616474 | Bulb socket A bulb socket for retaining, for instance, an automobile wedge-base bulb that is comprised of a glass bulb that encloses a filament and a flat sealing element provided at the bottom of the glass bulb and having a lead wire on its flat surface, the bulb so... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6361368 | Christmas bulb socket A Christmas bulb socket has a bulb seat and a bulb holder with a corresponding bulb. The socket is made from a resilient material and the bulb holder is designed to accommodate similar types of bulbs whereby two filament feet of the bulb are tightly retai... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6332796 | Structure of a fluorescent tube seat The present invention relates to an improved structure of a fluorescent light-tube seat comprising a base seat, a panel, an axle, an engaging peg, a spring, a hole covering an ".PI."-shaped member, two conducting copper plates, wherein two fluorescent lig... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6250947 | Contact-safe base-and-socket system for lighting fixtures The invention relates to an arrangement for the easier inserting of pin bases into sockets, by means of closed-form guide profiles which are used simultaneously for coding, in order to prevent the installing of lamps into sockets unsuited therefor.... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6224415 | Locking light socket and light An improved friction-fitted light and light socket where the base of the light has a resilient, beveled flange that deforms on insertion of the base into the light socket, thus resisting removal. To facilitate removal, the wall of the socket has a cutout ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6213816 | Lamp socket for multipin lamps A lamp socket for multipin lamps with spring-biased contacts for contacting the contact pins of a lamp, and a housing which in the final assembly state at least partially surrounds the lamp base of the lamp. The housing is composed of an upper housing par... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6193540 | Socket lock for ornament bulbs A socket lock for ornament bulbs between the bulb base and socket includes a T-shaped latch and two attachment blocks. The T-shaped latch includes a tongue and a tapered lock. When the bulb base is inserted into the socket, the lock of the latch slides ov... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6120312 | Light emitted diode light bulb holder used in LED type Christmas light bulb string A light emitted diode (LED) light bulb holder used for LED type Christmas light bulb strings comprise specially designed terminals that are used in conjunction with an insertion element to effectively hold leads of a light emitted diode and to firmly conn... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6099144 | Socket for compact fluorescent bulbs A ballasted socket which removably accepts PL type fluorescent bulbs is provided for use with lighting fixture bases. The socket includes a socket housing having a side wall, a first end wall, and a second end wall to define a chamber in which the ballast... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6033249 | Safety socket/mounting system for filament and gas-discharge lamps A new safe-to-touch plug-in socket system for light bulbs is described to replace the previous systems with Edison or bayonet sockets, which are not safe to touch.... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5971814 | Lamp socket A lamp socket is provided that includes slidably engaging body and housing components. Resilient retention members are attached within the body component to grasp the base of a wedge base lamp to attach the lamp to the body component. Contacts extend into... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5951318 | Bulb socket The bulb sockets including a socket main body (10) formed of synthetic resin and having a bulb insertion opening (12) which is opened forwardly and into which a wedge base bulb (50) can be inserted. On the outside surface of the socket main body (10), the... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5830007 | Electrical connector for a microphone An electrical connector is provided for mounting a microphone of the disc type which has opposite flat faces joined by a cylindrical periphery. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a cylindrical microphone insertion cavity defined by a rigid... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5803591 | Fastening mechanism used in miniature light bulb series The invention relates to an improved fastening mechanism used in a decorative light bulb series. The improvement according to the invention includes a light bulb socket with two opposite lugs formed on the peripheral rim of the top end thereof and a housi... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5752842 | Push-in/push-out lampholder The push-in/push-out lampholder has a guide track for an unlocking member which is permanently coupled to a fixation member. The guide track may be heart-shaped and be partly traversed by the unlocking member when a lamp cap is pressed into the lampholder... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5685638 | Waterproof structure for a decorative light A decorative light consists of a sleeve defining a lower rectangular opening and an upper socket, a base received in the sleeve and defining two bottom holes and an upper socket, a bulb having a lower portion received in the socket of the base and two lea... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5669703 | Push-in bulb base for bayonet-type bulb sockets A push-in bulb base for use in a bayonet-type bulb socket. The push-in base does not require turning of the bulb base to engage the retaining bayonets of the bulb base in the L-shaped retaining slot of the bulb socket. The push-in bulb base has integrally... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5647759 | Christmas lamp bulb fixing socket A Christmas lamp bulb fixing socket is provided that comprises a connecting socket provided to hold a bulb and an outer socket provided to hold the connecting socket. The connecting socket is connected with the outer socket by means of a protrusion extend... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5643011 | Securing structure of decorative light bulb socket The invention relates to an improved structure of a decorative light bulb socket, mainly comprising a light bulb holder having a slot and a vertical gap on its base and two lips beside the gap and a socket having a projection with an inner channel on its ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5588863 | Light bulb socket structure having a bulb housing with engaging means The invention relates to an improved light bulb socket structure that uses a medium-sized bulb housing mounted on the top of the socket shell to house a small bulb to form a decorative light set. On the top of the socket shell there is provided with a res... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5580159 | Miniature light fixture A miniature light fixture includes a miniature light bulb, an elongated folding element having a recess that receives a base portion of the light, and a socket bounding an internal passage for partially receiving the holding element in an assembled condit... | 12/03/1996 |
