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 |
| 8096890 | Amusement ride assembly and method An amusement ride assembly includes a rotatable endless loop cable spanning between end stations and a drive system operable to rotate the loop cable. A passenger carrier is suspended from the cable and includes a roller mechanism to enable the passenger carrier to ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7918740 | Big wheel roundabout amusement ride A circular track may be flat or hilly. Riding on the track is a big wheel sized larger than a rider compartment. The rider compartment is supported out bound from the big wheel's axle. The big wheel's inbound axle is attached to a radius arm which is powered by a co... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7717798 | Child motion device A child motion device has a frame assembly configured to rest on a support surface. The frame assembly includes at least one track configured to slidably receive a child seat assembly. The track can extend in any desired direction and include a geometric profile so ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 6851748 | Multiple chair workstation A multiple chair workstation especially suitable for barbers, hair stylists, dentists, and the like. The workstation comprises a base having a centrally mounted client chair. A revolving floor surrounds the client chair, and an operator's chair is mounted on the rev... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6790146 | Apparatus for amusement Apparatus for amusement, unusually capable of causing the user to interact while it is in operation, comprising a structure capable of rotating about an axis and a support for receiving at least one user associated with the structure in its rotary motion about an ax... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6227790 | Amusement ride vehicle with wheelchair ramp An amusement ride vehicle includes a floor deck assembly slideably mounted inside the body of the vehicle when the vehicle is in motion and telescopically extended away from the body toward a loading platform when the vehicle is at rest. A ramp assembly i... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6110049 | Device for simulating longitudinal and transverse accelerations on a vehicle compartment The device for simulating longitudinal and transverse accelerations on a vehicle compartment has a first motion level for longitudinal displacement of the compartment and, placed on top of the former, a second motion level for transverse displacement of t... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5935011 | Wheelchair accessible carousel vehicle A carousel has a ramp for providing wheelchair access. The ramp is slidably stored on the underside of the carousel platform. In use, the ramp is pulled out from the carousel and is then unfolded, using a lever handle. The outer or bottom end of the lower... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5527221 | Amusement ride car system with multiple axis rotation An amusement car ride system having multiple axis rotation of the car with decentralized control processing and centralized system monitoring allows significant improvement in ride control and flexibility. The seat portion 28 of the car is attached to a d... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5487705 | Baby carousel An infant entertainment device having a molded plastic seat which rotates a baby carried thereby at a rate of about one rpm relative to a stationary base member. Optionally, the carousel may be equipped with a rheostat capable of varying the rate of rotat... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5453053 | Amusement ride having spinning passenger cars An improved amusement ride and ride vehicle that permit a passenger to control the rotation of a passenger car as the vehicle travels along a ride course. The ride vehicle includes a support tube upon which the passenger car is rotatably mounted and a pas... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5165389 | Hula chair having aligned movement with curvilinear-circular, swivel-rock, and vertical motions The hula chair includes an upper base (23) and an intermediate base (21). The bases (21 and 23) are linked together by the specially designed oversized universal joint which is combined by two components: the ring (16) and the plate/spacer (17). The plate... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4512257 | Carousel and train for amusement parks A carousel and a small train are combined to form a ride system for amusement parks, landscape gardens, zoological gardens or exhibition grounds. The system comprises an automotive train consisting of a plurality of cars adapted to carry seats for the use... | 04/23/1985 |
| 3949679 | Amusement ride An amusement ride, especially a trailer mounted amusement ride, in which passenger cabs, or compartments, are suspended from a track which has one reach extending longitudinally along the trailer on the outside and another reach inside the trailer followi... | 04/13/1976 |
