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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 |
| 7575356 | Birthday cake costume jewelry An article of jewelry replicating a fancy birthday cake whereby a plurality of candle-like elements and respective illuminable member are combined with the tune “Happy Birthday” to form a happy birthday jewelry pendant that upon depressing the switch the lightin... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7428994 | Toy adapting to color of surroundings A toy or game piece for producing color includes a housing formed in the shape of a toy; a color reader to read a sample and generate data; a processing device to process the generated data and determine a color of the sample based on the generated data; and a light... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7364315 | Tubular electro-luminescent panel(s) light device A tubular Electro-Luminescent light device offers desired bending directions with super brightness based on the predetermined width of a panel incorporated with a proper inverter system. The panel has a much narrower width than a tube means containing the panel to a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7329020 | Rotatable earrings A rotatable earring for wearing and rotating. An embodiment of the earring includes: an elongated member, having a first and second end; a motor that provides rotation; a decorative member, configured to provide decoration; a coupling device, coupled to the motor, a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318811 | Vibrating body jewelry device A vibratory body jewelry item for attachment to the tongue or other body parts comprising one or motor and battery casings and a post connecting said casings having various improvements including a gripping member to facilitate opening and closing of said casings, a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7213935 | Structure of a shining personal adornment A shining personal adornment includes a hollow body pervious to light, a glowing unit, a power supplying unit and two connecting members. The shining unit is held in the hollow body, and it includes a control element and several light emitting elements electrically ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204694 | Rosary having audible and/or visual indicators and related methods A rosary includes a flexible elongate member and a plurality of beads carried thereby. The rosary may also include a sensor, and an audible indicator carried by the flexible elongate member for providing an audible indication based upon the sensor. The rosary may fu... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198398 | Adjustable-aim light pipe fixture An adjustable-aim light pipe fixture, comprising a generally spherical eyeball for receiving an end of a light pipe is disclosed. The eyeball has a longitudinal axis coincident with a longitudinal axis of that portion of the light pipe that is received in the eyebal... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7178363 | Illuminated and fragrance-releasing jewelry device An attractive, decoratively interesting, wearable, light weight jewelry device having illumination and fragrance-emitting features. The preferred form is a brooch having one or more LEDs connected to an electric circuit fed by a micro-battery for a wide range of ill... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7131743 | Customizable, illuminated hair beads A hair decoration such as a kit comprises a series of beads connectable to one another and a set of appliqués. At least a portion of the beads contains one or more lights inside which are in electrical communication with one another to permit power to be commonly s... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7097321 | Earpiece light The present invention is an improved earpiece light. In particular, the present invention is directed to an earpiece having a power supply and a light source mounted on the earpiece. The earpiece light is preferably for use on a person's outer ear. The earpiece ligh... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7070292 | Article with battery-illuminated medallion A article of manufacture that includes a luminous medallion. A conductor having a coating of non-conductive material is formed into a loop having two discontinuities. A clasp that houses a removable battery is fixed within the first discontinuity and a bead having a... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7000428 | Jewelry with battery-illuminated medallion A necklace or bracelet includes a luminous medallion. A conductor having a coating of non-conductive material is formed into a loop having two discontinuities. A clasp that houses a removable battery is fixed within the first discontinuity and a bead having an inter... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001056 | LED illuminated pendant An LED illuminated pendant comprises a necklace formed of strands having a pair of electrical wires of positive and negative polarity. A barrel housing, a printed circuit board and a pendant lit by an LED element are mounted on the pendant. The strand joins to the b... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6970090 | Pet tracking collar A pet tracking collar comprises a length of clear flexible tubing having a fastener adapted to fasten around the pet. Hermetically sealed within the tubing is an electrical ribbon cable extending through the length thereof. A plurality of light-emitting diodes, visi... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6928834 | Jewellery setting The invention provides a setting for a precious stone comprising a support for a precious stone; contact means for establishing a contact between the support and a stone within the support; a detector for detecting a break in the contact; and an emitter for emitting... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6908206 | Illuminated articles Illuminated items including a chemiluminescent article. The present invention is directed to various clothing, ornamental and useful items lighted by a chemiluminescent article, preferably a light stick that is activated. Clothing items illuminated by the chemilumin... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6715911 | Image unlocking jewelry device An image locking jewelry device designed to hide a customized image from view until the wearer reveals the image. The image unlocking jewelry device collectively including a lens mated to a casing and housing a liquid crystal display; circuitry placed inside the cas... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6659617 | Illuminated jewelery An article of jewelery (10; 110) for generating an attractive composite optical effect, is described. The article (10; 110) comprises a compound jewel (12; 112), such as a "Precious Jewel set within a Silver Sea", having a first and a second portion (14, ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6547412 | Light emitting accessory for jewelry A light emitting accessory includes a tube, a switch cap, a light source, a ballast, and at least one battery. The switch cap is threadably engagable with the tube. The at least one battery and light source are retained by the ballast. The switch cap is r... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6277079 | Flashing earring heartbeat monitor An earring that flashes in synchronism with the wearer's heartbeat. A pulsed IR LED/photocell combination is built into an earring along with a comparator and a visible light-emitting source. The comparator determines when the heart has beat from the vari... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6107916 | Signal lamp for vehicles A signal lamp for vehicles, specifically motor vehicles, has a housing in which at least one light source is positioned, and a light guide from which light is directed in a predetermined light exit direction, whereby the light guide is structured as a lon... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5951158 | Illuminated earrings An earring, comprising a main decorative body, a shaft extending from the main decorative body, a backing plate which selectively secures to the main decorative body, and a light source within the main decorative body. Light carrying fiber optic strands e... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5752759 | Illuminated knob assembly The control knob includes a chamber into which a translucent polycarbonate jewel light pipe assembly of a first color, such as blue, and a translucent polycarbonate jewel cap of a second color, such as white, are inserted. The jewel cap is engaged against... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5519591 | Jewelry lighting device A lighting device mounted within a jewelry setting which is directed at a facet of a gemstone to increase the brilliance and brightness of the gemstone. The lighting means is a low dispersion, focused beam of light which is directed at a facet of a gemsto... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5347437 | Electronic jewelry with inscribed fiber optic tail A fiber optic tail for a jewelry clasp is coupled to the light-emitting diode by a piece of stretchable and shrinkable tubing. A symbol or legend is inscribed on the tail ribbon such that light is emitted around an edge of the symbol to illuminate the sym... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5323300 | Jewelry lighting device A lighting device mounted within a jewelry setting which is directed at a facet of a gemstone to increase the brilliance and brightness of the gemstone. The lighting means is a low dispersion, focused beam of light which is directed at a facet of a gemsto... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5140840 | Electrical earring An electrical earring for use on a pierced earlobe. The earring includes a receptor portion for positioning on an outer part of the earlobe and which contains a light enhanced display element, such as a translucent stone. The earring also includes a trans... | 08/25/1992 |
| 4719544 | Electronic jewelry Ornamental electronic jewelry preferably in the form of an earring is presented which is comprised of a housing with a plurality of fiber-optic strands extending therefrom. The housing includes therein a self-contained battery and light emitting diode (LE... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4296459 | Light emitting electronic jewelry Light emitting electronic jewelry, an earring for example, includes an earring post having a light emitting diode supported thereon. The diode is connected in an electrical circuit including a battery means. In one form of the invention, the electrical ci... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4186425 | Illuminated jewelry A piece of jewelry which comprises an elongated length of fiberoptic material, prewound into a multilooped coil and cut at one radial point, each open end of the loop being clamped to a shell containing a source of illumination in such manner that the cut... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4009381 | Illuminated fiber optic jewelry An article of illuminated jewelry has a substantially planar, radial array of fiber optic filaments organized around a common light source and secured at an end proximate the light source by an annular plastic matrix. In a preferred form, the matrix is an... | 02/22/1977 |