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 |
| 7159956 | Disc case holding apparatus A disc case holding apparatus includes a plurality of housings. Each of the housings has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly away from the bottom wall such that a pair of lateral sides, a front side and a back side are define... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6955267 | Storage and display rack for DVDs A high capacity motorized rack holds a plurality of DVD boxes or containers in holders flexibly inter-connectable with each other to form a rotatable continuous loop. The loop is rotatably retained within a vertical rack housing and is driven by a motor, disposed wi... | 10/18/2005 |
| 5385397 | Stackable compact disc carousel A stackable storage rack receives thin, flat objects such as compact disc cases. The rack includes a turntable with radially extending grooves for receiving the objects. The base has portions thereof extending radially outwards beyond the turntable. There... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5314242 | Cassette carousel apparatus A housing rotatably mounts an elongate conveyor belt, the conveyor belt having a continuous array of cassette holders, wherein access to the cassette holders is effected by displacement of a door slide mounted through a top wall opening of the top wall of... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5307926 | Apparatus for storing media An apparatus is provided for storing media, such as compact discs, or the like. A pair of spaced apart, vertically oriented supports each provide an axle support. A rigid horizontal mounting rod is supported by a pair of integral end axles, each of which ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5197600 | Disc storage apparatus A housing having a semi-cylindrical cavity therewithin is cooperative with a housing cover, with the housing including a support drum rotatably mounted within the semi-cylindrical cavity, with the support drum mounting at least one of an array of holders ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5186529 | Cassette and CD wheel, and method of constructing and utilizing same A rotating storage device adapted to receive audio cassettes, compact discs and the containers associated therewith. The storage device comprises a support assembly and a storage drum, the drum including a plurality of slots or chambers for receiving the ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4650072 | Magazine for sound recording media A magazine for sound recording media suitable for vehicle installation comprises an outer housing which defines, through the use of a plurality of inwardly extending ribs, a recess which receives the inner housing or housings which include the media recei... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4221440 | Tape cartridge holder A storage arrangement for storing tape cassettes, eight track tape cartridges and the like, in which a case means is provided having walls defining a storage volume therebetween. A carousel comprising a pair of disc means is rotatably mounted in the stora... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4057305 | Rotatable cassette holder A cassette storage device retains cassettes in arcuately spaced relation for rotation about a horizontal axis which provides visual access with the cassettes being received in channels that confine end portions. Retention is affected by the use of the bos... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4052113 | Tape cassette holder for vehicular use A tape cassette holder for use in a vehicular environment includes a protective housing having a turntable mounted therein, the turntable having an array of elastomeric foam material thereon that provides cavities for receiving and restraining the tape ca... | 10/04/1977 |
