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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 |
| 8152032 | Cap for a condiment container The invention provides a cap for a container for storing condiments for human consumption. The cap comprises a member having a top portion with a peripheral wall that has means for retaining the cap onto the container extending downwardly for covering the mouth of t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7467736 | Closure and dispensing device A closure and dispensing device intended to be fitted to a container. The device includes a body which can be mounted on the container, with the body including a dispensing aperture in communication with an opening by the container. A lid is stable in the open posit... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7328788 | Contact lens care system An integrated lens care system including a lens case for contact lenses and a container for dispensing a lens care solution. The container includes a docking site where the lens case can be stored and then removed for use, and a retainer mechanism for releasably sec... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325708 | Ocular positioning droplet dispensing device with a recessed dispensing orifice An ocular positioning device threadably attached to a standard soft sided squeeze bottle of ophthalmic fluid. The device consists of two parts, an attaching mechanism and a sealing mechanism, connected by a hinge with motion limited to ninety degrees of arc. The sea... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322493 | Dispensing closure having complete peripheral seal A dispensing closure for a container comprising a closure body adapted to be mounted on the container. The closure body has a dispensing orifice and a sealing cap. A pair of adjacently spaced living hinges connect the sealing cap to the closure body for movement bet... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314150 | Dispensing closure with cap structure having dual living hinges A dispensing closure for a container includes a closure body, a cap and a hinge body joining the cap to the body. The closure body includes an upper wall having an orifice and further includes an upper skirt depending from the upper wall, and a lower skirt depending... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7299941 | Container seal with flexible central panel A seal mountable to the rim of an open mouth container the seal including a resiliently flexible central panel separately formed from and intimately bonded to a substantially rigid peripheral mounting ring adapted to snap-mount to the rim of the container with the c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293676 | Dispenser apparatus A dispensing apparatus comprising a spout and a spigot. The spout includes a tubular member. The tubular member includes a first end, a second end, an inside surface and an opening extending transversely through the tubular member between the first and second end th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7258254 | Dispensing end cap An end cap is attached to a container body to form a liquid media package for dispensing liquid media. The end cap includes an aperture in fluid communication with the liquid media in the package. The end cap also includes at least one radial arm extending outwardly... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7237692 | Pourer for a liquid container A pourer for a liquid container is disclosed. This pourer has a base element (1, 2) with a supply duct (13) and also a pouring element (5) with a pouring duct (53). The pouring element (5) is connected swivellably to the base eleme... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7156264 | Removable cap assembly A removable cap assembly having a cap, a stopper and a sipper tube. The cap has a curved side wall which has an inner and outer surface. From this wall extends a top portion. A boss extends perpendicularly from the top portion. The boss has a bottom portion and a to... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7100806 | Condiment shaker A condiment shaker includes a flip top lid having pins configured to travel through dispensing openings in the shaker top. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7028858 | Quick-twist pop-off closure A closure for a container for holding contents therein generally comprises a surface for gripping the closure in order to twist it in either direction to open it. The closure has downwardly projecting teeth on its underside; the container has upwardly projecting tee... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6997336 | Plastic cafare A plastic carafe includes a body portion having an enclosed base defined by a plurality of upstanding posts and a plurality of panels separating the posts from one another. The carafe further includes a neck portion having a blown finish at the top of the carafe tha... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6932240 | Oval-shaped tube closure A dispensing closure is provided for attachment to the discharge port of a standard circular-headed tube. The closure comprises a skirt with a circular cross-sectional shape at its base that merges gradually to an oval-shaped face at its top. When the closure is att... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6766926 | Dispensing closure, package and method of manufacture A dispensing closure includes a base and a lid integrally connected to the base by at least one hinge element for pivoting the lid between a closed position overlying the base and an open position remote from the base. The base includes a deck wall, a skirt coupled ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6749092 | Deformable dispensing valve A valve system is provided with a wall portion that includes an inlet side, an outlet side, at least one aperture extending between the inlet and outlet sides, and a valve seat on the outlet side. One preferred form of the valve system also includes a movable valve ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6736294 | Apparatus for dispensing rinse water additive in an automatic washing machine A rinse water additive dispenser having an upper housing having a opening and a lower housing releasably connected to the upper housing, the lower housing walls defining an internal chamber for containing a rinse water laundry additive. The dispenser further compris... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6520370 | Product dispensing closure with lid support A closure adapted for use with a product dispensing container is provided. The closure includes a closing lid moveable between a first position and a second position relative to the product dispensing container. The closing lid has projections engageable ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6460729 | One-piece side-dispensing closure A one-piece side-dispensing closure including a cap, a dispensing lid, and a flexible actuating section connected between the cap and the dispensing lid is described. The cap has an inner wall connectable with a container, a platform overlying the inner w... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6460726 | Closure with articulated lid A flip-top type closure resealably seals a fluid container. The closure includes a body portion, which is attachable to the fluid container, and a cap portion. The cap portion is connected to the body portion by two hinges and is rotatable about the two h... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6152320 | Closure with articulated lid A flip-top type closure resealably seals a fluid container. The closure includes a body portion, which is attachable to the fluid container, and a cap portion. The cap portion is connected to the body portion by two hinges and is rotatable about the two h... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6102257 | Closure capsule, in particular for a receptacle that is to contain a cosmetic The invention relates to a closure capsule for a receptacle, the capsule being of the type comprising a body for fixing on the receptacle and provided with a dispenser orifice, and a cover suitable for pivoting between a closed position in which it covers... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5797523 | Snap-action closure with disengaged compression member when lid is closed A closure is provided for a container. The closure has a body for being mounted over the container opening and defines an orifice for communicating through the container opening with the container interior. The body also defines a pair of spaced-apart bea... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5735438 | Press-to-open dispensing closure A dispensing closure system is provided for a container having an opening through which the contents of the container are dispensed. A unitary operating structure is mounted on one side of the opening and includes first and second arms connected together ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5597096 | Shaker for condiments A condiment shaker including a vertically elongate base of generally conical configuration and defining an upwardly opening mouth. A separate unitary seal releasably snap-mounts over the mouth and includes hinge-joined lower and upper walls having annular... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5356035 | Ornamented candy dispenser A hand-held ornamented candy dispenser in the form of a candy figure, has a dispenser body with a storage chamber for candy which can be in opened or closed positioned as determined by novel closure member, to allow storage and dispensing of candy portion... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5346099 | Pour-through stopper with hinged lid A skirt of a pourer has two wings each defining a bore whose geometrical axis, which is located outside the exterior of the skirt of the pourer, is parallel to a tangent line to the skirt. Each wing has a radial cut-out whose width is less than the diamet... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5330082 | Threaded dispensing closure with flap A screw-on flap-style dispensing cap having a snap catch for releasably holding the flap in its closed position. The snap catch and supporting cap body and flap areas are configured to increase the retaining force produced by the snap catch when the cap i... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5322196 | Grease container for reusable cooking oil The significance of this invention is to provide an upgraded container for reusable cooking grease. The product comprises components constructed of heat resistance material to effectively store, refrigerate and reheat cooking oil without deforming shape o... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5277343 | Container with pouring spout The invention relates to a container incorporating a rotatable pouring spout that comprises a spout outlet remotely offset from a rotation axis and an inlet element rotatable about the axis . The container has an adjacent and corresponding outlet element.... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5273177 | Press-to-open dispensing closure A press-to-open dispensing closure with a flexible arcual top surface(22) in convex orientation is provided which includes a flexible, aperture cover(26) having an arcuate hinging connection to the top surface. The hinging connection of the appeture cover... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5271536 | Flexible holder for "living" hinge joining lid to closure body of dispensing closure A plastic dispensing closure including a closure body, a lid, a resilient "living" hinge joining the lid to the closure body, and camming members defined between the lid and the closure body to temporarily deform the hinge, within its elastic limits, as t... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5248070 | Volumetric measuring/dispensing device A volumetric measuring/dispensing device for liquids is provided which has a measuring container having graduation markings thereon for measuring the quantity of liquid in the container. The container has an upper valve housing and a lower valve housing m... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5246150 | Pivoting dispensing closure A dispensing closure for a squeeze container comprises a closure cap having a discharge spout terminating in a discharge orifice, and a spout cover hingedly connected to the cap for manual rocking movement about a transverse hinge axis between discharge o... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5244113 | Container lid assembly A lid assembly for a container is provided having a pour opening and a drinking straw opening, each opening having a corresponding closure hingedly connected to the lid. Each closure employs a novel sealing plug that matingly engages the opening to seal t... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5213235 | Monoblock plastic tube A monoblock tube includes a monoblock body having a cylindrical configuration and a cap comprising a first portion and second portion hingedly connected by at least one hinge member. The body includes an upper part and a lower part, the upper part of the ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5199617 | Cap for containers A first vertical hollow cylinder is secured at an open lower end to the open end of the container. The first cylinder having a closed upper end with a small centrally disposed first opening therein and has a raised peripheral first lip. A curved vertical ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5086756 | Hand operated oral irrigation device for packaged liquids A device for irrigating the oral cavity with liquid from a commercially available, factory prepared package or container which includes a discharge nozzle and a hand operated pump unit for delivering an antiplaque or similar liquid of therapeutic value to... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5067624 | Plastic closure for containers A closure of plastic, especially polypropylene, for the necks of containers, especially bottles. The outer wall (8) of the closure flares lengthwise of the neck from the top end of the closure down to a circumferential line (29) of maximum size and tapers... | 11/26/1991 |
