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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 |
| 8061290 | Mechanism for a sliding roof An assembly for covering an opening of a vehicle, and particularly a boat, comprising a base frame having a pair of guide rails with a stop at a forward end and a continuous peripheral sealing surface; a movable panel slidably attached to the guide rails and configu... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7966960 | Plasticized and assembleable cover such as for use with waterway constructed transport barges A cover for use with an elongated opening associated with a transportable barge. The cover includes a number of inter-engageable cover sections, each exhibiting a lightweight plasticized construction and extending in both widthwise and lengthwise fashion relative to... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7536969 | Stainless steel hatch and method of manufacture A base for a marine hatch including a planar exterior flange running in a plane substantially parallel with a boat hull or deck, an angular leg running generally transverse to the planar exterior flange, the angular leg terminating in a spigot, wherein the spigot is... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7328666 | Small watercraft A small watercraft equipped with a lock mechanism for an engine hood is disclosed. The watercraft includes a deck, an engine hood that is pivotably provided to the deck around a pivot shaft, and covers an engine room thereunder from above so as to open and close, an... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7293813 | Double jointed hinge and foldable deck using same A foldable deck for supporting cargo in a freight compartment is provided. The foldable deck includes a pair of deck panels connected by a double jointed hinge. The foldable deck is mounted on one of the side walls of the freight compartment and is capable of moveme... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7264296 | Feed truck compartment lid control system A feed truck compartment lid control system. The system includes coupled feed compartment lids on an upper surface of a feed truck trailer and includes cylinders in proximity of the lids such that the cylinders require much less force and power, and thus much less a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255053 | Boat deck locker A boat having a deck with a deck locker is disclosed herein. The deck locker includes a compartment mounted beneath the deck, and an opening in the deck for accessing the interior of the compartment. The locker also includes a lid for covering the opening in the dec... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249566 | Hatch assembly A hatch generally includes a hatch lid frame having a fixed opening defining a perimeter, a lens having a lens perimeter smaller than the opening perimeter such that the lens is insertable into the opening, and a gasket disposed between the hatch lid frame and the l... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7228811 | Multiply hinged sundeck for pontoon boat An engine compartment cover for watercraft incorporates first and second pivots The cover can be rotated from an adjacent engine compartment in a first direction to a second location to provide a convenient access to the engine from the stern of the watercraft. Alte... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213866 | Soft top for vehicles A fabric vehicle roof is made up of a panel of translucent material. Indicia is printed onto one or both sides of the fabric, with the indicia comprised of non-opaque dyes. The roof is further coated with a water resistant coating and, alternatively, ultraviolet lig... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7178476 | Retractable windshield Disclosed is a retractable windshield apparatus including first and second opposing traveler tracks adapted to receive and slide the lateral edges of a windshield in a mounting. The apparatus also includes a first retracting rod functionally attached to the first tr... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7140316 | Boat drain valve A boat drain valve which incorporates a valve to open and close the drain valve. The drain valve is connected to the boat hull in a manner that provides a straight channel through the drain valve. A handle with an extension positions the grip of the handle in a loca... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140650 | Slide latch A sliding-action slam latch includes an integrally molded actuator having a rigid portion and an flexible portion, the flexible portion serving to bias the actuator closed. Pins extending from the rigid portion of the actuator contact guide surfaces on the latch bod... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121637 | Detachable and rotatable door cover assembly A detachable and rotatable door cover assembly is disclosed for using a door cover to cover a module (such as a thermal module) inside a product (such as a notebook computer). The door cover assembly comprises a rotation base and a clipping groove located on the pro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7107927 | Folding deck A boat deck including a bow convertible between a flush deck and an open bow. The boat deck includes a removable deck portion positioned above a footwell forming a portion of the forward deck flush with the remainder of the deck. To convert to an open bow, the remov... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7077071 | Double-hull ore carrying vessel conversion from single-hull oil tanker and method of performing the same A method for converting a single-hull vessel to a double hull vessel, and the converted double hull vessel, is disclosed. The single hull vessel to be converted has an outer hull surrounding a center cargo tank flanked by a port wing tank and a starboard wing tank, ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073213 | Upright hinge for spa cover A hinge assembly for coupling a spa cover to a spa includes a mounting bracket disposed near a top of the spa, a support arm which is pivotably coupled to the mounting bracket about an axis of rotation, and a spring member disposed between the mounting bracket and t... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7040245 | Hinge assembly for a hatch cover of a watercraft A hinge assembly for a hatch cover of a watercraft includes a hinge arm having a substantially J-shaped configuration and made of an extruded material, a deck mounting bracket for connecting the hinge arm to a deck of the watercraft, a hatch cover mounting bracket f... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7004096 | Marine vessel coaming structure One embodiment of a marine vessel includes a hull having an aperture therein and an exterior surface that defines a plane, and a coaming structure secured within the aperture of the hull, the coaming structure including a top surface that defines a plane contiguous ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000557 | Hatch assembly with seat and storage bin A hatch assembly for a boat including a base pivotally attached to a boat deck, whereby the base can pivot between an open position and closed position to provide access to an power source within a boat hull. The base defines a storage bin with a compartment for sto... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997129 | Apparatus, and associated method, for operating a lid to a hatch An apparatus having at least one paw hingedly attached to a compartment side of a lid configured for covering a hatch of a compartment. At least one catch is positioned on a wall of said hatch for engagingly receiving the at least one paw. A spring is positioned for... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6988459 | Multipurpose tower for monohull with moveable hatch Embodied herein is a monohull vessel with a moonpool capable of being used offshore. The monohull vessel includes a moonpool and a deck level. A movable hatch is connected to topside of the moonpool and is countersunk beneath the deck level. A multipurpose tower is ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6968799 | Safety device A safety device to prevent a passenger from becoming injured during a crash, severe weather conditions, or other event that could cause bodily harm. The safety device comprises a substantially fracture resistant spherical shell and at least one harnessed passenger s... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959660 | Personal watercraft and access opening seal Access opening seal for attachment to the lip of an access opening having an exposed edge, particularly an access opening of a personal watercraft. The seal includes a top portion and a side portion and may further include a bottom portion with the side portion bein... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955133 | Self-deploying safety brace spring The present invention relates to an apparatus to keep a safety brace in place on a cover, lid or door and a method of using the same. One aspect of the present invention includes an economical spring constructed to fit upon a safety brace in a way as to prevent the ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6945190 | Combination seating and decking for an open bow boat A seat back system that includes a pair of seat benches for mounting to the floor of an open bow section of a pleasure boat that each include seat backs that are individually mounted to pivot from a vertical, seat back attitude, to a horizontal attitude covering ove... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938376 | Door reinforcement system A door reinforcement system comprises two pairs of assemblies, each assembly having subassemblies on the inside and the outside of the door. The inside subassemblies include a plate with a channel for housing a sliding bolt, and may include three subassemblies with ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6931793 | Roof scuttle safety railing system A roof scuttle safety railing system is provided for an existing or new roof scuttle which railing may be installed on the roof scuttle by unskilled labor without compromising the integrity of the weather seal of the roof scuttle. In one embodiment, pivotal corner b... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6884325 | Sealable lid for vacuum distillation apparatus A sealable lid assembly for a vacuum distillation apparatus has a lid pivotally and telescopically mounted to the vacuum distillation apparatus. Spaced-apart wheels are rotatably mounted to the lid. Tracks are disposed on the vacuum distillation apparatus in a posit... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6871609 | Multipurpose tower for monohull A vessel with moonpool capable of being used offshore comprising a monohull with moonpool; a multipurpose tower mounted on the vessel; an equipment handling system removably mounted on the vessel; a movable hatch installed on top of the moonpool; and a hoist system ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6715235 | Seal for a pivoting ship door A seal for a pivotally mounted door, which is arranged to close off a load area on board a ship and is provided with sealing elements around the periphery of the door and exhibits battening jacks that are caused to move to batten down the door to the deck and bulkhe... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6684569 | Self-closing access door A self-closing access door for use with external umbilicals in aerospace launch vehicles is provided. The self-closing access door comprises two door panels joined by a spring-loaded hinge, the latter of which is attached to surrounding structure of the v... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6516740 | Lift-off cover assembly for a barge A barge cover assembly includes at least one first cover section and at least one end cover section. The first cover section includes a stairway that is within a rib profile. The first cover section also includes a door that protrudes only slightly above ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6503022 | Bouyant moon pool plug A vessel having a moon pool positioned in the center of the vessel. The moon pool plug is adapted to have controllable positive and negative buoyancy. The plug has a top, a cover, a bottom, a first angled side, a second angled side, a third angled side, a... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6484657 | Environmental control system for use in combination with ceiling hatch The present invention discloses a system for controlling environmental conditions in connection with ceiling hatch use particularly on watercraft. The invention generally comprises a suspended support platform, a water diversion conduit cooperatively asso... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6477972 | Assembly of a safety rail for an access hatch A safety rail assembly for an access hatch of a kind comprising a hatch frame which defines an opening, said safety rail assembly being adapted to extend around at least a part of a hatch frame thereby to safeguard personnel from inadvertent entry into th... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6443084 | Telescoping and rolling cover assembly for a barge A telescoping and rolling cover assembly for a barge includes a plurality of cover sections that travel along a track or tracks provided on the barge coaming. The cover sections may be provided with anti-derailment clamps that engage a vertical lip of the... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6431105 | Method for bringing people in life boats aboard a support vessel and a support vessel A method for bringing people in life boats in the sea aboard a support vessel, in which a rescue craft is launched from a ramp in the stern of the support vessel. The rescue craft carrying a rope from a winch in front of the ramp. The rope is attached to ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6352046 | Telescoping and rolling cover assembly for a barge A telescoping and rolling cover assembly for a barge includes a plurality of cover sections that travel along a track or tracks provided on the barge coaming. The cover sections may be provided with anti-derailment clamps that engage a vertical lip of the... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6341450 | Composite water-tight door panel installation A light-weight door panel flush with the external surface of a wall structure in its closed position sealing an opening, is mounted for displacement to an open position by hinge linkage confined to its underside. In its closed position supported on the bu... | 01/29/2002 |
