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 |
| 7627972 | Printing stock with a label for making a security badge A piece of printing stock for making, in combination with a badge base, an information badge, includes a face sheet and a liner. The face sheet includes a layer of adhesive, with the liner releasably adhered to the layer of adhesive. The face sheet also includes a b... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7441356 | I-beam hinge apparatus for displaying procedural information cards in the workplace An apparatus for displaying procedural information cards on a computer video monitor includes a central shaft having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end capped by an upper cross member having an upper planar arm extending in one direction from the shaft, and... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7225573 | Convertible billboard display A lightweight, easily portable, convertible billboard display has three panels rotatably connected to each other in parallel fashion. The billboard display can be used as a vertically standing three panel display or, when two of the panels are connected by a removab... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7134457 | Method of weaving braille and woven braille textile A method of weaving Braille and/or the resulting woven Braille textile may assist sighted persons in determining the woven Braille cells by differentiating the colors of each number 1 through number 6 Braille cell warp thread. A method of weaving Braille and/or the ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7021340 | Method of and loom for teaching Braille Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method of and loom for teaching Braille by weaving with a loom, wherein the levers to move the harnesses are shaped and spaced like the levers on a Perkins Brailler (a Braille typewriter). ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6981343 | Extended liner shelf talker A shelf talker includes adhesive on the upper back side thereof, and a small release liner bonded thereto. The liner is severed by a cut line into top and middle tabs atop the adhesive, and a lower tab is suspended from the middle tab without adhesive between the ta... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6817127 | Movable advertising display system and method A movable advertising system and method that can be produced inexpensively in a wide variety of shapes, colors, and sizes and easily installed in consumer purchasing locations. The movable advertising system is designed to attract the attention of the purchasing pub... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6796065 | Tab clip badge A tab-clip identification badge for attachment to the clothing of a person. The badge includes a badge substrate having a front surface and a back surface. A tab is provided having an inner surface and an outer surface and an upper portion and a lower portion hinged... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6694653 | Packaging/display of products A security label for attachment to an article, the security label including a planar security tag laminated in-between first and second carrier layers, the second layer overlying the planar security tag and having a peripheral marginal portion which proje... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6675518 | Dental x-ray storage and retrieval system Storage and retrieval system for dental x-ray films having an opaque panel and a clear plastic panel, the panels are joined at three sides to form a container sized and suited for safely storing the x-ray films and facilitating their retrieval through the... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6667086 | Durable supports for labeling and relabeling objects Durable self-adhesive laminates for use as supports for labeling comprising: (a) a thermoplastic resin film having (A) a label-receiving side and (B) an adhesive side, the label-receiving side consisting of a controlled-release surface without making ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6644697 | Integrated shopping list and coupon folder The invention is an integrated shopping list and coupon folder, formed from a single shopping list sheet. Major food and non-food category listings are provided on the shopping list sheet, as well as blank lines for listing individual items, sizes, brands... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6632316 | Labeling system and method and label manufacturing method using label sheets with adhesive A labeling system includes a label sheet with a liner and a face sheet secured thereto by a pressure-sensitive, fugitive adhesive. The face sheet is die-cut into a plurality of individual, preprinted labels. A method of manufacturing the label sheet inclu... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6568113 | Label channel with top-hinged front panel A label holding device with as protective front cover. A label channel for use on retail shelving typically includes opposing U-shaped formation into which a label may be inserted. To protect the label from spills and to prevent the U-shaped formations fr... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6543162 | Money pocket A money pocket adapted to be selectively fastened to the internal surface of a greeting card is provided. In a first embodiment, the money pocket includes a sheet of material having front and rear surfaces, a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of side ed... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6519885 | Marketing displays providing ready replaceability of adhesive display labels A marketing display device such as a shelf or a "Pegboard" type hanger is provided with an outer display panel that has a release coating, such as of silicone, for ready attachment, removal and replacement of adhesive labels that carry indicia pertinent t... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6481134 | Tag for attaching to a garment having an attribute and identifying the attribute to a person unable to visually identify the attribute A tag for attaching to a garment having an attribute and identifying the attribute to a person unable to visually identify the attribute. The tag includes a strip for attaching to the garment, and tactically discernable indicia disposed on the strip and b... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6408553 | Adhesive shelf talker A shelf talker includes a label having a top strip for mounting to a shelf bracket, and a bottom leaflet for printing product information. A release liner is adhesively bonded to the label across the strip only, with the leaflet being linerless.... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6385884 | Merchandise hangers providing ready replaceability of adhesive display labels A display hanger for attachment to a "Pegboard" type of support panel is provided with an outer display panel that has a release coating, such as of silicone, for ready attachment, removal and replacement of labels that carry indicia pertinent to the mark... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6385885 | Marketing displays providing ready replaceability of adhesive display labels A marketing display device such as a shelf or a "Pegboard" type hanger is provided with an outer display panel that has a Release coating, such as of silicone, for ready attachment, removal and replacement of adhesive labels that carry indicia pertinent t... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6182392 | Mountable and demountable wrapping material and method for use A wrapping material for wrapping an item, such as a floral grouping is provided. The wrapping material has a bonding material on a surface so that, when the wrapping material is formed into a wrapper, the wrapper may be releasably attached to a mounting s... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6182393 | Assembly for displaying a wrapped floral grouping mounted on a support surface A wrapping material for wrapping an item, such as a floral grouping, is provided. The wrapping material has a bonding material on a surface so that, when the wrapping material is formed into a wrapper, the wrapper may be releasably attached to a mounting ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6148550 | Money pocket A money pocket adapted to be selectively fastened to the internal surface of a greeting card is provided. In a first embodiment, the money pocket includes a sheet of material having front and rear surfaces, a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of side ed... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148556 | Shop front display A shop front display comprises a base member in the form of a thin sheet which can be applied to a member such as a shop shelf or an exhibition case by a first adhesion layer, a transparent cover disposed in overlapping relationship with the front surface... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145231 | Marketing displays providing ready replaceability of adhesive display labels A marketing display device such as a shelf or a "Pegboard" type hanger is provided with an outer display panel that has a release coating, such as of silicone, for ready attachment, removal and replacement of adhesive labels that carry indicia pertinent t... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6088943 | Decorative pop out card accessory for gifts A decorative accessory includes an adhesive attachment tab connected by formable wire segments to at least two cards. The formable wire may be formed into a desired shape by hand to extend outward from the attachment tab in a cantilever fashion. The adhes... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6065242 | Assembly for displaying a wrapped floral grouping mounted on a support surface A wrapping material for wrapping an item, such as a floral grouping is provided. The wrapping material has a bonding material on a surface so that, when the wrapping material is formed into a wrapper, the wrapper may be releasably attached to a mounting s... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6052933 | Picture framing system A picture framing system is disclosed for mounting, displaying and protecting a photograph or work of art on a vertical surface of ferrous metal, non-ferrous metal, or a non-metallic surface without using nails. The picture framing system includes a sleev... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6037028 | Prelaminate A prelaminate has a plurality of layers intended for collective insertion in a mutually fixed spatial relation into the pinch between optionally heated, co-acting pressure rollers. The prelaminate includes a carrier layer, a first glue layer arranged ther... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5836097 | Universal shelf divider, label and sign holder system A shelf divider, label and sign holder system comprising an elongated universal support element formed with a relatively rigid channel-shaped shell adapted to be adhesively mounted on a vertically or horizontally extending surface. The support element inc... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5089337 | Business card securing device A device for removably securing a card to a surface includes a rectangular elongated strip having a front surface and a rear surface; triangular corner pockets formed at opposite ends of said strip for removably securing opposite corners of a rectangular ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4761904 | Label holder A label holder for a product information label is suspended from a wire rod forming part of a wire basket, wire shelf, or the like containing the product, the label holder having elongate tabs along the upper margin which loop around the rod and attach to... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4741119 | Electrostatic display board A display board for displaying, behind a transparent window, a sheet document such as a paper document clinging electrostatically on the surface of a dielectric plastic backing board. The sheet document is covered by a sheet of transparent thin film plast... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4546943 | Strip merchandiser An integral unit for suspending one or more apertured items for display forwardly of a display shelf is arranged to be secured to the shelf and, alternatively, to a hook which is secured to the shelf. The unit is an integral flexible plastic strip and inc... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4479316 | Label strip A label strip including a carrier strip and labels adhering in series to the carrier strip by means of an adhesive layer. The label strip is for use in label printing or dispensing apparatuses, in which the carrier strip is drawn by a pull-off device prog... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4422252 | Data storage cards and method of handling thereof A data storage card has an aperture for receiving a photographic image. The aperture has an adhesive border which is protected by a disposable sheet having release characteristics. One edge of the sheet extends outwardly to form a flap overlying the card.... | 12/27/1983 |
