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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 |
| 7182177 | Lifting mechanism for a storage device on the bed of a pickup truck A storage device for the bed of a pickup truck has a body with a storage area therein and a scissors lift connected to the body for moving the body between a first position on the bed of the truck and a second position above a side wall of the truck. The scissors li... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6948627 | Sports-headgear hanger In baseball and softball, as well as other sports, equipment such as helmets, caps, and ball gloves are worn by the players, but not necessarily throughout the entire duration of a game. When not being worn, this equipment should be organized by hanging it up. Howev... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6938807 | Collapsible trunk cargo organizer A collapsible cargo organizer construction (10) for supporting, segregating, and removing packages (100) from the rear storage area (200) of a vehicle wherein the organizer construction (10) includes a collapsible framework member (20 | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932221 | Mounting apparatus A mounting apparatus includes a base having a first and a second end. A first support member is positioned on the first end of the base and a second support member is positioned on the second end of the base. A locking bar is pivotably secured at one end to the seco... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6364264 | Rack holding structure A rack holding structure is formed of a base, a connection member, a tubular member, a padding member, a rack holding member, and a fastening screw. The connection member is located on the upper surface of the base and is fastened to the rack holding memb... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6199808 | Fitting adapted for holding a support member on an upright wall in spaced-apart arrangement A fitting includes a positioning plate with a major mounting wall for fixing on an upright wall, and an annular anchoring wall. A faceplate includes a first major wall defining a bore, and an annular anchored wall surrounding and shielding the annular anc... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6113045 | Fitting adapted for holding spacedly a support member on an upright wall A fitting includes a positioning plate and a holding member connected to the positioning plate by an elongate mounting post. The positioning plate has an outer major wall to serve as a faceplate, and a bore extending from a central area of the outer major... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5904276 | Expandable clothes hanger base An expandable clothes hanger base is located in a luggage body and is composed of a plurality of front inclined fork rods and rear inclined fork rods linked with the front inclined fork rods. The front inclined fork rods are provided with a slide clamp sl... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5221012 | Expandable hanging rack An expanding rack for hanging articles includes a first frame member and a second frame member attached to the first frame member by attaching means, the attaching means comprising a pivotable joint consisting of a male attachment member provided on the f... | 06/22/1993 |
| 4528742 | Tool-change device for a machine tool A tool-changing device for a machine tool comprises a tool selector which is movable over a tool storage matrix to select tools from fixed storage locations and transfer them to an exchange position in readiness for mounting on a work head of the machine ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4497413 | Rack A pivot joint is comprised of a pair of superposed elongated plastic members having through-open barrels of different sizes, one in the other, and a plastic pin with a button on a reduced portion extending through the combined barrels and securing all thr... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4488650 | Adjustable rack for hanging articles An adjustable rack includes a plurality of hook members for hanging articles therefrom. The hook members are attached to a jointed frame from frame members which are pivotally attached to one another by pin joints. Sleeves formed integrally with the frame... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4396652 | Artificial shrubs An artificial shrub comprises a central trunk and a plurality of branches connected thereto by a loop at the end of each branch which is receivable directly on the trunk. Shrubs of this construction are easily user assembled and adjusted for aesthetic eff... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4364480 | Glass stand Disclosed herein is a glass stand for supporting a plurality of glasses with bottoms upward. The glass stand comprises a plurality of connecting members which are pivotably overlappingly connected with one another to form a pantagraph-shaped body. The pan... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4306350 | Automatic tool changer and tool storage arrangement for machine tool A combined tool storage and tool change arrangement for use with a machine tool of the type which includes a power driven rotatable spindle having a socket which receives a tool shank of a predetermined size. The tool storage arrangement comprises a main ... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4304040 | Machining center with interchangeable magazine tool storage means A plurality of magazine tool storage means, mounted on a machine frame, above a headstock, includes tool-holder supports each having receptors into which tool holders can be inserted. Each support is adjustable so that any of its receptors can be arranged... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4287993 | Adjustable rack for hanging articles An adjustable rack is provided which comprises a plurality of hook members for hanging articles attached to a jointed frame comprised of members which are pivotably attached to one another by pin joints. The pin joints comprise elements which are integral... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4168006 | Foldable supporter of clothes-drying bars A foldable supporter of clothes-drying bars provided with an arrangement whereby the supporter can be withdrawn into its folded state to under the shelter of roof in response to the reception of rain drops on the rain-drop receiver, thereby avoiding the t... | 09/18/1979 |
