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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 |
| 6986456 | Packing box The packing box includes a bottom containment box comprising a containment space and a bottom base, the bottom base comprising two first length-wise flaps and two first width-wise flaps; a loop clamped between the length-wise flap and the width-wise flap of the bott... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6932214 | Disposable car fast food box A disposable fast food box/container with a pair of semi-circular handles for convenient carrying and a drink holder therein. The handles include strap portions that are attached to the lid that allow a vehicle seat belt to be passed thereunder and serve to hold the... | 08/23/2005 |
| 5713510 | Containers A collapsible container (C) primarily for transporting liquid, powdered or granular material is of polygonal transverse section and includes a plurality of rigid sidewalls (2, 4, 6, 8) interconnected by flexible hinges (16), each sidewall (2, 4, 6, 8) hav... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5570834 | Box for roof fasteners A box doubles as a shipping carton and a dispensing container for light weight roof fasteners. The box has two end walls, each with a channel-shaped perforation therein. Top flaps connected to the end walls along respective foldlines are formed with cutou... | 11/05/1996 |
| 4978028 | Disposable biohazardous waste material container A disposable container for the handling of biohazardous waste material includes a substantially rectangular six-sided exterior box, a polyethylene liner receivable within the exterior box, a substantially rectangular four-sided interior insert positioned ... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4715493 | Composite package for a group of containers A composite package for a group of articles includes a substantially tray-shaped bottom portion having a bottom wall and a plurality of upstanding edge walls which include a front edge wall and a rear edge wall having respective upper edges and which conf... | 12/29/1987 |
