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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 |
| 7784118 | Lower body sauna device A lower body sauna device includes a heat chamber that is adapted to enclose the lower body of a user, and an infrared heater provided inside the heat chamber. The heat chamber includes an elliptically shaped body opening that is adapted to fit the waist of the user... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7201177 | Portable baby tent A collapsible tent provides insect protection for infants such as less than a year old while being small and portable enough for use in many public spaces. Excellent ventilation and visibility are provided by mosquito and no-see-um blocking fabric formed into a dome... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7117611 | Body hair and feet drying chair The body hair and feet drying chair is a seat comprising an upright base having a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion, and a hollow interior. A seat is disposed on top of the base. At least one air outlet is defined in the seat in communication with ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6675403 | Portable sauna A sauna apparatus (1) is configurable in an assembled configuration and in a disassembled configuration to allow storage and/or transport. The apparatus is formed from at least a first frame portion (2) and a second frame portion (3) connectable to the fi... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6510565 | Portable and collapsible sauna A portable and collapsible sauna is provided, including an enclosure adaptable between a collapsed position and an upstanding position and a steam generator. The portable and collapsible sauna is configurable between these two positions by a latch mechani... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6157005 | Dry-heat sauna machine A dry-heat sauna machine includes a frame having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion. A cloth cover covers the fame to form a sauna enclosure. An air-circulating device is attached to the horizontal portion of the frame. A programmer is attached t... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6055684 | Sauna apparatus A sauna having (i) a sauna chamber of a size to accommodate a person therein, and two side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, and a ceiling, (ii) a ventilation opening in a wall of the sauna chamber, the opening being at a height corresponding to the locat... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5870780 | Collapsible steam cabin for personal body care A collapsible steam cabin for personal body care includes a bottom panel, having a front edge, rounded back edge and upstanding side edges, a rear panel which has a rounded lower edge which is slidingly connected to the rounded back edge, the back edge an... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5416931 | Booth A booth, of general circular cross-section, includes a roof part 2, a base part and an intermediate part 6. The base is adapted to stand on the floor. Within the booth is a foldable chair 8. A person may gain access to the booth via a door 10 having a hin... | 05/23/1995 |
| 4862526 | Portable vapour bath A portable vapor bath comprising a contoured superstructure and interior having a top, bottom, front, rear and plurality of sides; having disposed upon its front an opening closed by a closure member; said front and rear having a top and bottom said front... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4277855 | Portable sauna A portable sauna is described, being formed in the shape of a sphere. A door leads into a spherical shaped room wherein a bench extends about a central circular floor. Above the bench is a loft lying adjacent a plane that passes through the center point o... | 07/14/1981 |
