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 |
| 7488263 | Golf tee set A golf tee set is disclosed to include a tee, which a top has three raised portions equiangularly spaced around a recess for supporting a golf ball for hitting, a disc member positioning the tee on the ground at the desired elevation so that the golfer can strike th... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7416498 | Device for preventing loss of golf tees A device for preventing loss of golf tees in which, using a crude rubber or elastic resin material component, an upper side male bushing, which is provided at the center with a through hole into which a golf tee is inserted and held therein, and a bottom side female... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7337638 | Anchoring device for temporarily tethering and object An anchoring device positionable within the ground for tethering an object to the ground includes a base portion having a first diameter, and an access aperture having a second diameter. The first diameter of the base portion is greater than the second diameter of t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7066844 | Golf tee Disclosed is a golf tee having a plurality of stops formed thereon to indicate the depth of penetration of the tee into the ground, the stops being constructed such that the user can sense or feel the first stop that indicates to the user that the tee has been inser... | 06/27/2006 |
| 4114878 | Anchored golf tee A golf tee is provided with an anchor in the form of a green groomer secured to the golf tee by means of a high tensile strength flexible line. The groomer also carries a ball marker disc detachably secured thereto by detent type pin and hole attaching de... | 09/19/1978 |
