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3M employee and church chorister Art Fry needed something to temporarily mark pages in his hymnal. He was in luck because his colleague, Spencer Silver, accidentally developed a glue that was too weak for other purposes. After initially discouraging consumer response, Post-it Notes became a hit in 1979.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7762868 | Wall descending toy with moveable features A wall descending toy has a housing and a moveable part. A sticky wheel is located with the housing to facilitate movement of the housing down an inclined or vertical surface. There is a mechanical link moveable with movement of the housing and which causes movement... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7201243 | Storage carts Storage carts for the storage of pallets and other loads that may be moved between an open position into an aisle for access to the load and a closed position out of the aisle when desired. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7137862 | System and method for controlling multiple model vehicles A system and method for controlling multiple model vehicles while using only a single remote control transmitter. A remote control signal transmitter is provided for transmitting control signals. The transmitted control signals are received by a single master model ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6976676 | Game apparatus The present invention relates to a game apparatus and especially to a combination game apparatus in which players try to guess a preset combination of digits. ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6648237 | Toy vehicle track segment and method of manufacturing a toy vehicle track segment A toy vehicle track segment is disclosed. The toy vehicle track segment has a first end, a second end, an upper surface, and a plurality of nodes. The upper surface has a pair of parallel recessed rails extending from the first end to the second end. Each... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6439955 | Toy vehicle and track system A toy vehicle and track system that allows a vehicle to operate along a single track length by performing U-turns at each end of the track length. When multiple track lengths are attached together, U-turn stoppers are retracted so that the vehicle travels... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6227932 | Toy racing car track system A track system for a toy racing car, including a loop of track sections connected end-to-end together to form a lane for an electric toy car to run along, includes a track section having a body with a groove for guiding the movement of the toy car, a pair... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6149494 | Toy with a moving body movable on a platform A toy includes a platform, a moving body, and a balance bar. The moving body has front and rear wheels rotatable about horizontal rotary axes, a turning wheel, and a drive unit coupled to the turning wheel and one of the rear wheels to drive movement of t... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6083078 | Toy with moving body movable between two platforms A toy includes a first platform with a proximate edge, a distal edge, and first and second lateral edges interconnecting the proximate and distal edges. A moving body has a front wheel, first and second rear wheels, and a turning wheel between the front a... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6054785 | Compact miniature motor A compact miniature motor includes a DC motor, a worm gear, a pinion transfer gear, at least one cluster gear, an output gear, and an output shaft. A socket may be used to accept the output shaft. The gears form a gear train that wraps tightly around the ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5916008 | Wall descending toy with retractable wheel and cover A wall walker toy car has a wheel with a sticky undulating surface. The wheel is mounted on a pivotable bracket which provides a cover for an aperture in a base of the car. For wall-walking mode, the bracket is manually rotated so that the surface is part... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5868599 | Interactive book An interactive book having at least one page which has a track formed on the page wherein the page is further provided with a pop-up bridge having a track thereon, the pop up bridge being formed from a sheet attached to the page and adapted to fold substa... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5575702 | Telescoping tumbling toy A tumbling toy includes a shell or housing formed of two or more telescoping sections, providing adjustment of the length of the shell and thus the moment of inertia of the toy to affect the tumbling rate. Extending the telescoping housing increases the m... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5342048 | Wall mounted slot car track with moving accessories A combination decorative kinetic poster and vertical vehicle toy racing game includes a substrate having colorful indicia for providing a decorative design. The substrate is designed to be vertically hung on a wall and is capable of supporting complementa... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5131881 | Lift toy A toy is provided for lifting goods onto a stand-by portion and discharging them from the stand-by portion in response to the passing of an object. A goods lifting portion is pivotably supported by a vertical support member at a pivot point. A receiving p... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5118320 | Roller coaster toy A roller coaster or gravity motive toy is disclosed herein having a tortuous elevated track layout and toy vehicle system including adjustable support stanchions for the track attached thereto by a universal joint. The vehicle includes rollers movably sup... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5080628 | Toy roller coaster apparatus An apparatus wherein a single, continuous track includes a plurality of elevators associated with hill portions of the track. The track further includes a plurality of loops and a housing structure to effect visual enhancement in use of the organization. ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4940443 | Race track having lateral edges and bridges for retaining toy vehicles An automobile race track toy set is provided, having a roadway formed by straight and curved raceway segments, with two lanes having embedded current conductors therein. The raceway segments include inside and outside guiding edges, along which toy vehicl... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4861306 | Toy cog railway A toy cog wheel railway is provided having a track with smooth driving faces and a center cogging member with two opposed vertically extending racks thereon. The associated train has an engine with a driven chassis and further cars with undriven running c... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4673182 | Pivoted track and slot car amusement device or game A track having spaced, parallel edges, including a plurality of adjacent curves facing in different directions and connections between the curves, around which a frame carrying an object, such as simulating a racing car, a greyhound, a horse, a camel or t... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4571204 | Stunt toy device A ring type stunt toy device including a ring structure, two fixing blocks, a base and a wheeled toy wherein the ring structure has two metal rings which can be attracted by magnet at its inner circumference, two supports at its external circumference wit... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4568300 | Toy team racing set A toy slot car racing set is provided with linked, lead and follower car teams. The link is resilient and has a width substantially greater than the thickness, to provide some resistance to lateral flexing. Tight fits between a pin and aperture connection... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4537577 | Toy vehicle and track assembly A toy vehicle and track assembly includes a vehicle and a track along which the vehicle travels. The vehicle is formed with a plurality of wheels and a motor adapted to drive the wheels upon actuation. The track is formed with a guide extending along the ... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4531923 | Magnetic spinner An action toy in which a spinner is provided having two wheels joined with a magnetized axle which rotates along a single flat elongated wand. The wand has a return at each end so that the spinner will rotate along a first side of the wand and then along ... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4468031 | Three-dimensional game with rotatable track pieces for self-propelled vehicle A three-dimensional game having rotatable track members mounted on a support frame on which a self-propelled vehicle may be guided over a predetermined course through rotation of the track members. The track members are mounted on the support frame so tha... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4356657 | Toy car wash apparatus and method A toy car wash for advancing a toy car along a car washing line, applying water to the car, brushing the car, and then rapidly spinning the wet car to remove water. The water is essentially confined within the toy by use of a transparent top cover, a wate... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4221076 | Toy vehicle and trackway An amusement device consisting of a toy wheeled vehicle and a trackway on which the vehicle moves. In the preferred embodiment, the wheeled vehicle has at least rotatably driven rear wheels, rotatably driven gears and at least one rod extending from the v... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4152867 | Controlled toy vehicle assembly A toy vehicle assembly capable of controlled locomotion in response to variations in frictional resistance along a support surface and method is provided. The support surface is a relatively low frictional surface such as a flexible sheet of polyethylene.... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4151679 | Toy mobile objects and track therefor The invention set forth pertains to a toy in which a couple of toy mobile objects which are so constructed as to be separably coupled together in side by side relationship are adapted to be separated from one another during their travel in the coupled sta... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4109412 | Trackway and powered vehicle with changeable covers A toy train and trackway wherein the trackway is provided with a section which has a base and upstanding side walls provided with supporting surfaces which include portions that are parallel to the base and portions that slope downwardly toward the base, ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4068402 | Toy vehicle and trackway An amusement device consisting of a vehicle provided with wheels, first continuously rotating gears, and a stationary second gear mounted concentrically about one of the first rotating gears; and a trackway engaged by the wheels of the vehicle and provide... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4051624 | Control tower and track toy assembly A control tower and track set includes individual track segments and a three-part control tower. The control tower base incorporates a power transmission assembly that is capable of deriving power from a vehicle when it is restrained on the base member. A... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4021962 | Device in connection with games or toys A toy comprising a track and an article movable along a predetermined path capable of reciprocable movement by means of a driving means provided with longitudinally interspaced projections to engage projecting carrier pins on the movable article to be pro... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3930333 | Coupling member for a toy vehicle drive system A coupling member for a toy vehicle drive system that may be employed in various play situations. The coupling member is generally comprised of an exaggerated triangularly-shaped portion and a funnel-shaped portion. The exaggerated triangularly-shaped por... | 01/06/1976 |
