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...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 |
| 8176638 | Ergonomic scissors Ergonomic scissors are adjustable with respect to thumb offset, thumb ring rotation, and thumb/finger ring diameter, so as to enable effective control, in conjunction with unstrained wrist movements, of scissor roll, yaw and pitch. A set of interchangeable thumb rin... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7966733 | Scissors with a ringlet A pair of scissors equipped with a three axially pivoting ringlet is presented. The ringlet of the scissors according to current application is comprised of flexible NBR (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber). The ringlet is attached to one handle of the scissors of the c... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7694423 | Fingerhook structure of scissors A pair of western scissors include opposing scissor pieces that are supported by a pivotal center portion to allow the scissor pieces to open and close with respect to each other. A fingerhook ring is provided in each of opposing handle portions provided in the corr... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7464474 | Ergonomic shears An ergonomic shear according to the present disclosure provides variations in finger relief to accommodate variations in human physiology and an aligning finger handle that aligns the users fingers into a minimum stress position relative to each other and to the thu... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7458160 | Ergonomic handle for scissors and other tools An ergonomic handle for use with a hand tool, such as a pair of scissors or the like, is disclosed which includes first and second opposing lever members coupled together at a pivot point to permit reciprocating movement of the lever members between a closed positio... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7392587 | Handle for scissors A handle for scissors including an embedded joint portion that is embedded in the finger support of the first handle portion as a joint portion of the first blade and expose from the intermediate section. The first section and the second section extend from the inte... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7373728 | Ring insert kit for scissors and template for use therewith A ring insert kit includes a plurality of ring inserts and optional a selection template. The ring inserts are arranged in predetermined sizes for selection using the template. The ring inserts are insertable into one or more finger receiving openings within a pair ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7350313 | Device for cutting and marking a metal cable Device for cutting and marking a metal cable (16), comprising means (12, 18) for cutting the cable (16) and marking means (20) for marking the cable (16) with a mark at a predetermined distance (d) from the cutting plane (C), cutti... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7326228 | Medical instrument for surgery A medical instrument especially suited for the HALS operating technique that can be entirely inserted together with one of the surgeon's hands into the operating area for operating purposes and includes a housing [(1)] and at least one tool [(2)] arran... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7260894 | Scissor apparatus and method of using thereof A scissor apparatus including a first section and a second section pivotably connected to each other. Both the first section and the second section have a blade end and a handle end. The scissors also include a stop member attached to the handle end of the first sec... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7178248 | Power tool A power tool (10) comprises a main body (12) having a motor driven tool (24) extending from a first front end of the main body, and has a first handle (18) integrally formed on the main body to be remote from this front end. A second supp... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7137988 | Needle driver An improved needle driver, wherein the needle driver includes an elongated body having a substantially hollow interior portion and a first and second ends. An actuator extending from the first end of the elongated body is included and is in communication with the su... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6968644 | Ergonomic fish gripping device An apparatus and method for applying a firm grip to the lip of a fish includes a pair of pincers. The device has two handles each comprised of at least one ring to which digits may be inserted. One of the two handles has a ring that may rotate about a pivot point. T... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966115 | Pruning scissors Pruning scissors comprise a blade and a counter-blade each integral with a grip and mounted so as to be pivoted around a threaded swivel pin cooperating with an adjusting nut of the blade and counter-blade. The nut is rotationally integral with a toothed wheel meshe... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964099 | Gardening shears having two pruning effects A pair of gardening shears include a blade assembly including two blades, and a handle assembly pivotally mounted on the blade assembly and including a first handle and a second handle. Thus, the gardening shears have two blades each having two cutting portions havi... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6953916 | Control device for hairdresser cutting tool To facilitate work with several heatable hairdresser cutting tools, a control device for heatable hairdresser cutting tools is proposed, in which the power circuit device (3) is integrated in a mobile unit along with a storage battery (2) and an interf... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6935031 | Gear-driven shears provided with a curved plate on a movable jaw Gear-driven shears include two grips, the fixed jaw, and the movable jaw and gear wheel module. The fixed jaw and the first grip are connected together at a joint of plate assembly module. The corresponding ends of movable jaw and the second grip are installed on th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6928740 | Buffering member for scissors A pair of scissors includes a first handle having a ring portion, a second handle having a ring portion, and a buffering member. One of the ring portion of the first handle and the ring portion of the second portion has a radial hole. The buffering member includes a... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6915578 | Reversible scissors A reversible scissors comprising a pair of pivotally connected two edge cutting blade members, operating handles and ring members. Ring members are connected pivotally with and movable along the operating handles. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6883238 | Hairstyling scissors A pair of hairstyling scissors includes first and second members pivotally connected to each other. Each member includes a cutting portion and a handle portion integral therewith, respectively. The handle portion of the second member is adjustable and includes a thu... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6739057 | Pair of Scissors A scissor half of a hand-held pair of scissors comprises a blade portion and a handle portion having a handle lug. The inner circumference of the handle lug is provided with a handle insert which is made from another material than the handle portion. The handle inse... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6701622 | Handle mounting arrangement for a power tool An arrangement for mounting a handle to a power tool housing includes a first mounting portion defined by the housing and a second mounting portion defined by an end of the handle. The first mounting portion includes a plurality of projections extending l... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6665939 | Scissors with hole parts Scissors having two shear bodies joined to each other for opening and closing movements, each shear body composed of a blade with a pivot portion, a shank, and a finger grip, wherein the shank of each blade has a desired portion distal from the pivot port... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6584693 | Ergonomic handle for scissors A scissor is made more ergonomic and comfortable to use by the addition to the upper loop handle of the scissor of an enlarged handle portion that fits into and can be held in the palm of a user's hand without the user's thumb passing through the loop han... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6493947 | Scissors The invention relates to scissors. Hitherto scissors have been formed with rigid and identical handles to allow use in either hand, but with some discomfort to the user, or with handles specifically shaped to suit a right-handed or a left-handed user, but... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6457241 | Ergonomic scissors In these scissors (1), one of the branches (2) entails a resting part (7) for the four fingers of the hand excluding the thumb, while the other branch (3) entails a resting part (8) for the thumb. The resting part (7) shows an exterior lateral face (7a) t... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6427338 | Scissors Pair of scissors, in particular hair-cutting scissors, consisting of two scissor halves (1, 2), each comprising a scissor blade and a tang (3) with a grip eye (4, 5, 6, 7), where the grip eye (4, 5, 6, 7) of at least one scissor half (2) is mounted such t... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6397478 | Plastic handle for a cutting instrument such as scissors and scissors having a pair of such handles Handles for cutting instruments such as scissors are described, each handle being made of a relatively rigid plastics material and being provided in its finger-receiving hole portion (8;8') with a lining ring (15;15') of elastically deformable material, s... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6393703 | Structure for confining a rotational angle of a handle of gardening shears A pair of gardening shears includes a primary handle and a fixed secondary handle. The primary handle is formed of a shaft rod and a rotary grip. The shaft rod is provided with an annular slot and a flat edge. The rotary grip is provided with a locating m... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6341424 | Training scissors A pair of protective scissors, for use by a child, including a pair of elongated members pivotally coupled together by a pivot pin. A pair of cover members are secured to finger apertures of the elongated members. The cover members prevent the child from ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6272754 | Retrofit handle attachment for scissors A retrofit handle attachment for scissors. The attachment includes a contoured attachment body adapted for being secured to a handle portion of the scissors and held in a palm of a user. The attachment body defines an enlarged surface area for being gripp... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6249977 | Scissors Disclosed is a pair of scissors, more particularly a barber scissors, comprising two scissor halves (3 and 4) that are joined at an axis of rotation (2). Each half has a cutting blade (5 and 6) and a shank (7 and 8) with a grip. The grip of one of the sci... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6223440 | Autoclavable stainless steel medical instruments with polypropylene injected color handles Improved autoclavable medical instruments are manufactured with colored synthetic handles of sufficient heat resistance to allow autoclaving. This color coding assists in the segregation of instruments by ward or medical facility. The ready identification... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6212780 | Adjustable handle for scissors or the like A cutting instrument includes a pair of pivotally coupled blades and a pair of handles attached to the blades respectively. One of the handles may be adjusted relative to one of the blades by a quick-release latching mechanism, for fitting the users' fing... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6129622 | Pair of scissors for cutting shellfish A pair of scissors for cutting shellfish cleanly and shielding airborne matter created thereby from contacting a user. The pair of scissors include a stationary blade body, a moving blade body, and a shield. The moving blade body is pivotally attached to ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6000138 | Plastic handles for a cutting instrument such as scissors and scissors having a pair of such handles Handles for cutting instruments such as scissors are described, each handle being made of a relatively rigid plastics material and being provided in its finger-receiving hole portion (8;8') with a lining ring (15;15') of elastically deformable material, s... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5987757 | Scissors with movable grip eye In scissors, especially haircutting scissors, with two handles (1, 2) and handle eyes (4) arranged at the ends of the handles, where at least one of the handle eyes (4) is provided with a movable grip eye (5) which accommodates the thumb or a finger of th... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5979061 | Hand-actuated scissors A hand-actuated scissors useable by an individual whose hands and fingers are weak or impaired and therefore experience difficulty in operating a conventional scissors. The scissors include a pair of blades whose cutting edges face each other, the blades ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5953823 | Structure of an adjustable finger support for scissors Scissors includes a pair of blades, a pivot for connecting the blades to each other in articulated manner, a first handle fixedly connected to one of the blades and having an end provided with a finger loop, the finger loop having a outer side formed with... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5809853 | Protective grip for pliers-type tool A protective grip integral with or adapted to mount as an accessory on a handle of a pliers-type tool includes an elongate sleeve extending for a major portion of the handle and along at least the conventional gripping area thereof. The shield has an inne... | 09/22/1998 |
