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 |
| 7290768 | Raffle game using flamable matches and match carriers as printable medium for raffle game numbers Game played using match-related medium for printing gaming instructions and indicia. At least one of interior surfaces of a matchbook or matchbox carrier is printed with gaming indicia used for comparison against gaming indicia printed at least one of match sticks o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 6220258 | Extruded plastic toothpick and method A packet of toothpicks has a one-piece plastic sheet, folded onto itself to provide two layers of plastic toothpicks, each of which toothpicks has a handle portion and a cleaning portion. The cleaning portion is embossed to form a surface that will abrade... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6213132 | Flat toothpick and kit The flat plastic toothpick comprises a thin sheet of plastic material having a somewhat tear-drop shape including a generally oval-shaped base section for gripping the toothpick and a generally curved or hook-shaped end section for being inserted into the... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6177391 | One time use disposable soap and method of making A one time use disposable soap. The soap includes a substrate, a cleansing composition, and a holder. The substrate is dissolvable in water. The cleansing composition is impregnated in the substrate so as to form a dry and cleanser impregnated substrate. ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6044848 | Toothpick assembly A toothpick assembly includes a rectangular plastic envelope having a rectangular bottom, a rectangular upper top panel, a rectangular lower top panel, a rectangular left panel formed with a slit, and a rectangular right panel formed with a tongue configu... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5797484 | Book of matches A book of matches includes a plurality of matches each of the matches having a match base that includes a flammable match tip at a first end and a remaining end that is disposed opposite to the first end. Each match base at the remaining end is attached t... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5415276 | Portable toothpick holder with flat toothpicks A toothpick packet having a housing for carrying flat perforated sheets. At least one perforation on each sheet defines a flat toothpick. The housing is selectively openable to allow access to the perforated sheets for the detachment of a toothpick.... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5390964 | Labeled pipe fitting and method A labeled pipe fitting and a method for applying labels to the outer surface of a pipe fitting which is covered with a layer of oil that resists labelling with an adhesive backed label is provided. The label, which is imprinted with indicia relating to th... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5181755 | Small object handling device, assembly and method of manufacture A small object handling device composed of an elongated rod with a wax composition coated over one end thereof. The invention further comprises an assembly of small object handling devices, with each composed of an elongated rod having a pressure sensitiv... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5119941 | Matchbook-like personal dental and nail hygiene apparatus and method A personal hygiene apparatus in matchbook form including a folded matchbook-like structure, that includes a plurality of individually packaged dental floss members detachably secured to the matchbook-like structure and toothpick accessory formed from the ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4848582 | Sliding package incorporating at least one retractable panel A package for articles such as matches, medication in tablet form and the like comprises a flat pocket made up of a foldable element and one or more retractable panels. Each retractable panel is able to assume a deployed position in which an article in th... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4714160 | Dispenser of articles A dispenser has a horizontally elongated base with first and second flat surfaces. A plurality of spaced elongated rods are each secured at one end to the first surface. The opposite ends each have a coating. The rods extend perpendicular to the base and ... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4690273 | Twin matchbook A pair of parallel elongated flexible panel portions embracingly receive a pair of flat matchbook bundles therebetween with the bundles arranged with the end ends of the bundles spaced apart and the base ends of the bundles extending in opposite direction... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4154337 | Refillable matchbook holder A refillable matchbook holder having open and closed positions. The holder comprises a single strip of flexible material folded into four segments. Two of the segments are provided with slots for securing matchbooks to the strips, the other two segments b... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4006819 | Safety matchbook having interlocking cover panels A matchbook folder having a safety interlock between the lid and the base; the base portion of the folder has a double-fold end and the lid portion has a single-fold end which interlock with each other to prevent opening the folder except by a lateral sli... | 02/08/1977 |
| 4004686 | Match book A match book construction comprising a base member to which a row of upwardly extending matches are secured and a cover member which is adapted to be removably connected to the base member, the arrangement being such that the heads of the matches are comp... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3970193 | Latchable matchbook with dividing striking strip A matchbook which requires complete closure to obtain a usable match-striking surface. Only then does an interior-mounted row of spaced protuberances occupy similarly spaced, complementary holes in a striking strip on the matchbook's openable flap to prov... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3958689 | Matchbook The cover of a matchbook has a perforated tear line or the like arranged relative to a striking strip or igniting material on the cover and relative to a staple, glue, or other means securing the cover on a match comb, such that a portion of the cover con... | 05/25/1976 |
