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 |
| 7191905 | Cooler door shelf device with stick-on product panels A shelf device for an inside surface of a cooler door has a tray with a bottom panel, opposed front and rear panels connected to the bottom panel, and opposed end panels connected to the bottom, front and rear panels. The front panel has a rear face opposite the rea... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7011728 | Container-labeling and-printing synchronization apparatus and process An apparatus for printing and labeling an object such as a container is provided. The apparatus includes a printer and a label applicator. The object is presented to both the printer and the label applicator during processing. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6626111 | Method of producing customizable, multi-dimensional print media and die-pressed print media Method of producing multi-dimensional print media, comprising the following steps: Providing a substantially flat sheet of print media. Providing an image for printing on a first side of the sheet; the image including an active area that eventually separa... | 09/30/2003 |
| 5458521 | Combination storage container and educational toy A storage container for use in a child's room to store toys or other items, wherein the container includes removable components that may be assembled to and removed from the container to form different objects, such as vehicles, animals, and the like, the... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5452846 | Container with decorative display and closure securement assembly A decorative display assembly mounted on a container includes a support panel, a decorative object, and at least one actuating member. The support panel includes an outer portion having a slot defined therein and an inner portion underlying and extending ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5239774 | Planter system with change-configuration, pop-out imitator structure A planter system featuring a planting container which is adapted to contain planting-soil material and a packet of selected seeds, and around which container is supported a change-configuration jacket structure. The jacket structure includes a sleeve whic... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5137207 | Floral container with multiple decorative panels and method of forming same A container, such as for a floral arrangement, is formed from a unitary die-cut sheet of material. The container has a core, defined by walls and a bottom and having an open top, and decorative panels extend from the walls. The sheet contains connected wa... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4896819 | Foldable gift basket A decorative, foldable cardboard basket for hand carrying and displaying selected items is disclosed. The basket comprises a central receptacle having connected side walls, end walls and a bottom section with linear fold lines in its end walls and bottom ... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4836437 | Toy packaging A method and article for providing toy packaging. A number of shaped units are formed by winding strips of material about shaped objects. The shaped objects are combined to form a final package, such as, a train.... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4784314 | Decorative paperboard boxes A folding paperboard gift box having a generally square or rectangular cross section enclosure formed by four wall panels and closed at both ends by suitable end closures, which may constitute interconnecting end panels. Hingedly attached to one of these ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4782950 | Decorative figure article holder A decorative figure article holder includes a support member housed within a hollow container. A cavity is formed in a portion of the container adjacent to the support member. An aperture communicates with the cavity to enable the removable insertion of a... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4131227 | Carrying and storage case A carrying and storage case for audio visual teaching aids fabricated from three interlocking sheets of corrugated cardboard or the like spaced and folded to resemble a house. One of the cardboard sheets forms the outside structure of the house, including... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4101032 | Ornamental article for packages or the like The disclosure herein relates to an ornamental article to be affixed to a package which includes a flat blank formed of a pliable sheet material bearing on its outer surface a correspondingly-shaped fanciful printed character; the blank includes a central... | 07/18/1978 |
| 3999327 | Box-play module A generally-rectangular box adapted to store candy pieces and other small objects, the upper side wall of the box having a double-humped wave formation, and the lower side wall thereof having a complementary single-humped wave formation, whereby when the ... | 12/28/1976 |
