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 |
| 7628675 | Garment with internal bra An article of women's apparel that includes an outer garment and a bra. The bra is primarily internal to the outer garment. However, there is a reveal region that shows a portion of the bra. In one arrangement, the reveal region is formed by a pair of slits in a fro... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7234995 | D-ring for brassieres and the like A D-ring for a shoulder strap assembly and brassiere can have a catch which enables the D-ring to be locked in use or opened for lateral insertion of the loop of the shoulder strap. The catch can be formed by a pin on the bow of the D-ring laterally engageable in an... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7186163 | Blouse and brassiere combination A garment for a woman, including a brassiere and a front opening blouse. The brassiere has a left and right cup connected by a back strap, a releasable front connection between the left and right cup, left and right shoulder straps releasably connecting the back str... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6443804 | Garment with quick-release fastener A fastener for securing brassiere straps includes a hooking component attached to one of the straps and a linking component attached to the other strap. The hooking component has a substantially rigid body, with a fulcrum element at one end, a handle elem... | 09/03/2002 |
| 5662513 | Brassiere strap fastener and method using same A clothing accessory device comprises a body part, a first fastener on the body part for coupling the body part to a strap of a brassiere, and a second fastener on the body part for coupling the body part to an article of clothing overlying the brassiere ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 4395454 | Absorbent microbiocidal fabric and product An absorbent, highly wettable, bioactive, dyed fabric useful as a surgical drape, dressing or the like is disclosed composed of a non-cellulosic substrate having incorporated on it a non-leachable bioactive silicone quaternary amine, a hydrophilic organos... | 07/26/1983 |
| 3982547 | Skirt, or slacks supporting brassiere An undergarment which fits over a slip and under a blouse supports the waist band of a skirt or of a pair of slacks. The undergarment is a brassiere with conventional bust cups, band encompassing the chest and attachable at the back and a pair of elastic ... | 09/28/1976 |
