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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 |
| 7921528 | Broken heart shaped coffin A coffin having a curved bottom surface and a removable cover that accommodates bodies of differing lengths having, within an enclosure, a support platform that adjusts to different angles so as to accommodate bodies of different sizes. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7904999 | Adjustable temporary casket A temporary casket made substantially from burnable material, having a positionable inclining mechanism inside a casket shell. The temporary casket may be inserted into a formal, traditional casket where the temporary casket shell protects the traditional casket. In... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7361123 | Exercise bench methods and apparatus An exercise bench includes a back support and first and second legs pivotally connected to respective ends of the back support. The legs are pivotal between positions extending generally perpendicular to the back support, and positions extending generally parallel t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356890 | Casket leveling bed A leveling bed assembly for a casket includes a support member having a first end and a second end. The support member pivots allowing the first end of the support member to be raised from a level position to a raised position. A support stop is in contact with the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351297 | Composite elastic web A method for producing a composite web includes supplying two or more webs to an activation mechanism, where the webs are in an unbonded state relative to each other. The method further entails simultaneously activating the webs while they are in a face to face rela... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334279 | Mattress pad A mattress pad positionable atop a rectangular mattress which better accommodates diverse weights and sizes of the human anatomy for enhanced comfort. The mattress pad includes a flexible air tight bottom sheet having a size and shape substantially similar to that o... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328055 | Patient support apparatus The present invention provides a patient support apparatus for use during a medical procedure. The patient support apparatus is configured to receive and support a body of a patient on a base member. The base member includes a top surface having a plurality of adjus... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322079 | Multipurpose funereal tray A tray assembly may be used in a rental casket system that includes a casket with a recessed side panel for ease of viewing. The casket includes a removable end piece which is one embodiment is located within grooves formed in the side panels of the casket. The groo... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7063880 | Sheet material and manufacturing method and apparatus therefor A method of manufacturing a single use processing substrate includes the step of extruding a first layer having ridges and troughs between the ridges. The method further includes the steps of placing a second layer into the troughs while the first layer is pliant an... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7022769 | Dynamic vulcanization of fluorocarbon elastomers Processable rubber compositions contain a vulcanized fluorocarbon elastomer dispersed in a matrix of a non-fluorine containing thermoplastic polymeric material. In one embodiment the matrix forms a continuous phase and the vulcanized elastomeric material is in the f... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017868 | Fire sprinkler mount A fire sprinkler mount including a base (26), a bracket (46) and a rod (60) mounting the bracket (46) to the base (26). The base (26) includes a body (28) attachable to a beam (10) with two arms (38, 40)... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6725510 | Inclining coffin A coffin, for allowing inclination for display of a deceased person in a natural position. The coffin has a pair of side walls that are divided at a transverse seam into first and second longitudinal portions. The side walls have top and bottom edges which are plana... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6301758 | Ready to assemble metal casket A metal casket that is readily assembled at a location remote from the location of manufacture. The casket has several different potential embodiments. For example, first and second tabs on respective first and second side walls are overlapped to form a j... | 10/16/2001 |
| 5615464 | Liquid retaining system for casket A combination of a casket and a liquid retaining system for the casket comprises a casket shell, a body support structure mounted in the casket adapted to support a deceased thereon and a tray positioned atop the body support structure and adapted to be p... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5592724 | Mechanism for lifting and tilting the bed of a casket A casket having a fully combustible, full height lift mechanism for raising and lowering the bed of the casket and for rotating the bed about the longitudinal axis of the casket that includes an integral C-shaped bracket that supports a drive screw, a sea... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5529625 | Coating apparatus and gas seal A coating apparatus is disclosed having a metal bath, an enclosure extending over the bath, a mandrel extending into the bath, and a gas seal mounted on the enclosure in communication with the atmosphere therein. The gas seal has a frame with a slot exten... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5231741 | Articulated bed for positioning human bodies in caskets In a casket, a rigid bed frame is adjustably mounted at its end so that the casket bed frame can be raised, lowered and tilted. Mounted on the rigid bed frame is an adjustable body support positioned at about the thoracic area for raising the chest and li... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5201102 | Casket bed system A casket bed system comprises an air mattress having a plurality of independently inflatable sections to enable a corpse to be positioned for mourner viewing. The head of the corpse may be vertically adjusted relatively to the foot level, the upper torso ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5020197 | Body positioning device A body positioning device (10) for elevating, supporting and securing the legs of a cadaver (40) at various displacements from a supporting surface (42) for various procedures in preparation for burial. The body positioning device (10) comprises a first s... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4993129 | Casket having thoracic adjustment A casket bed comprises a mechanism for vertically adjusting the thoracic area of a body. The bed comprises two parts connected by a hinge and arranged such that the hinge may be raised with respect to the ends of the bed. The hinge is located along the be... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4881306 | Casket bed A casket bed has a rectangular metal frame formed by inserting tongues projecting from some frame members into slots in the adjacent frame member. Bands of industrial strapping are wrapped horizontally and longitudinally about the frame to complete the fo... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4788757 | Casket assembly A casket assembly of the casket surround type in which the casket surround includes a movable floor and an adjustment mechanism for raising and lowering the floor or tilting the floor. The floor is raised during the viewing process to provide an optimal v... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4621395 | Casket hardware for adjusting coffin beds Casket hardware for supporting and adjusting a body supporting spring frame comprising a screw, a barcket engaged with the screw to travel along it, and a part of the spring frame engaged with the bracket and being held to the bracket in part by the screw... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4617706 | Device for manipulating cadavers A device for manipulating cadavers is described incorporating a support apparatus and a harness apparatus. The support apparatus is comprised of two side rails assemblies, a foot rail assembly and a head rail assembly. The harness apparatus, which is secu... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4524472 | Coffin bed adjusting apparatus A coffin bed adjusting apparatus for providing both elevation and tilt adjustments to a coffin bed in a burial casket. The bed frame is connected to a bed support member which is pivotally mounted to an elevating support member. The elevating support memb... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4404716 | Coffin bed adjusting apparatus A coffin bed adjusting apparatus for providing both elevation and tilt adjustments to a coffin bed in a burial casket. The bed frame is connected to a bed support member which is pivotally mounted to an elevating support member. The elevating support memb... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4403380 | Casket bed An inexpensive, vertically movable, casket bed consists of two, preferably U-shaped, frame ends having threaded apertures directly engaging a vertical adjustment screw. The frame ends include slots preferably with a protruding edge for receiving the ends ... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4332064 | Body support frame for a casket A uniquely constructed body support frame for a casket. Support members include generally "N" shaped rails of cold rolled steel. Longitudinal support members include two such "N" shaped rails, adjoined at interfacing vertical sections, and are bowed along... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4305186 | One piece adjustable body support for a casket A one piece body support for use in a casket to support a body in a recumbent position. The body support is assembled from a unitary blank of paperboard and comprises a bed portion having integral length adjustable means enabling the length of the bed por... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4070737 | Adjustable bed mechanism for a casket A mechanism for raising, lowering and tilting a casket bed. The mechanism includes and upstanding threaded rod mounted in a casket for rotation about its longitudinal axis. A bracket is attached to the threaded rod for vertical movement along the rod upon... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4044436 | Casket suspension A device for suspending bodies in caskets consisting of a sheet of flexible wire fabric adapted to be disposed generally horizontally in a casket and to cover substantially the entire internal area thereof; and a series of hanger brackets arranged along e... | 08/30/1977 |
| 3955252 | Collapsible corpse positioner and restrainer A corpse positioner and restrainer comprising a substantially rigid member having weakened diagonal portions terminating in a cradling portion is disclosed. The corpse positioner and restrainer further includes cutout portions disposed on opposite sides o... | 05/11/1976 |
