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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 |
| 7156356 | Foldable stand The invention relates to a foldable stand having a left leg, a right leg, and a brace pivotably connected to both left and right legs. The brace has a first part and a second part where the first and second parts are pivotably connected to each other and wherein the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7063220 | Collapsible clothesline A collapsible clothesline apparatus 10 is disclosed which includes a base member 12. The base member 12 is provided with a plurality of wheels 18 coupled thereto for moving the base member 12 from one location to another. Additiona... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048131 | Open frame shelf assembly An open frame display shelf assembly formed of elongate parallel base rods to which are connected an array of rod beams arranged transversely to the base rods and bent upwardly to support forward and rearward wall-forming rods. The wall-forming rods are arranged to ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036670 | Cloth drying apparatus A garment drying apparatus (200) is provided having a frame (201), a porous net (204), an adjustable width garment hanger (202) and a hook (203) to support said adjustable width garment hanger; slip proof pads (205,206) are ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6902139 | Detachable folding clotheshorse A detachable folding clotheshorse includes a seat with a top side, a bottom side and an outer periphery. The seat has a plurality of slots defined through the seat from the top side to the bottom. A notch is defined at the outer periphery of the seat. A supporting e... | 06/07/2005 |
| 5379536 | Ironing board attachment including basket An ironing board attachment which is readily detachably mounted on a domestic ironing board having a pressing member with a pressing surface to support ironing supplies adjacent to the pressing surface including a yoke to be received on the pressing membe... | 01/10/1995 |
| 4596195 | Shelf cabinet A shelf cabinet has a pair of spaced upright shelf-supporting sidewalls formed with shelf-supporting horizontal grooves into each pair of which a shelf is slidably mounted. The sidewalls are further provided with additional grooves that extend downwardly ... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4493423 | Cornering device for a garment support structure There is disclosed a cornering device for a garment support structure which includes first and second horizontal transverse assemblies. The cornering device includes first and second horizontal support elements, each having a first and second end. Also in... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4270461 | Presentation stands for the sorted exhibition of goods Goods holders are provided for use on upright stands or surfaces, such as walls, and designed for the display of goods in upright positions. The goods holders consist of brackets with a plurality of spaced yokes and arranged in superimposed pairs with the... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4228743 | Behind door shelf assembly The shelf assembly described herein comprises a shelf arrangement designed for assembly by sliding in a limited manner doweled or tubed component parts into interlocking arrangement from the rear of the assembly. This has the advantages of a locked arrang... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4195577 | Portable hanging shelf A portable hanging shelf designed to fit within various sizes of window frames, including an adjustable shelf with a first portion slidably overlaying and interconnecting with a second portion, each portion having a base with front and rear downwardly ext... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4155465 | Auxiliary clothes hanger support An auxiliary clothes hanger support for attachment to a shelf in a clothes closet or the like to increase the clothes storage capacity of the closet. The support has a bracket to be secured to the shelf and a normally horizontal hanger support rod slidabl... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4108084 | Child's shelf and garment hanger rack A shelf and garment hanger rack for childrens' clothes, hat and gloves is adjustably suspended from a garment hanger bar in a clothes closet, and positions the shelves and a garment hanging bar in relatively low location in the clothes closet so that they... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4104972 | Auxiliary clothes hanger support An auxiliary clothes hanger support for attachment to a shelf in a clothes closet or the like to increase the clothes storage capacity of the closet. The support has a bracket to be secured to the shelf and a normally horizontal hanger support rod slidabl... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4073240 | Portable animal hospital table A portable animal hospital table comprising a plastic bed surface disposed on an upper frame, a radiation shielding layer positioned below said plastic bed surface and carried by said upper frame, a base frame supported on rolling means, pivotally mounted... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4039082 | Multiple paper item holder A multiple-item holder for paper items, such as memos, and the like, intended to be supported on a substantially horizontal auxiliary underlying supporting surface (such as that of a desk, for example) and adapted to support in any of a plurality of selec... | 08/02/1977 |
