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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 |
| 7981003 | Rear brace articulating stilt The present invention combines an articulated stilt with a rear-mounted leg support or brace behind the leg of the user. The articulating stilt has a foot operative to contact a surface to be traversed, a boot rest operative to support a human foot thereon extending... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7367928 | Exercise device An apparatus is disclosed for performing pushups thereupon. It includes a foot supporter coupled via a connecting means to a hand supporter. The foot supporter has front and back pieces pivotably coupled at a join via a double axle coupled by a short connector and a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7014594 | Ladder climbing safety system Ladder climbing safety system for use with a trapeze set-up and which is separate and apart from the usual trapeze safety system. The ladder climbing safety system is arranged to engage a safety belt worn by the trapeze artist to prevent the person from falling when... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6929478 | Devices, systems and methods for performing and practicing aerial maneuvers The disclosure and claims are generally related to a modified sports board, such as a modified skateboard operatively attached to a frame structure. The frame structure is configured to react the multi-directional dynamic forces of a user performing aerobatic maneuv... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6517466 | Balance beam A balance beam having a shock absorbing capability. The balance beam comprises an elongate beam member, an elongate beam support core supporting the elongate beam member, and a resilient element located between the beam member and the beam support core. T... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6071212 | Gymnastic equipment for vaulting exercises A gymnastic apparatus for performing vaults possesses a lower portion, an upper part arranged on same in a vertically adjustable fashion and constituted by a board arranged in a resilient manner on the lower portion. A gymnast running toward a front side ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6033345 | Vaulting horse training pad The training pad for a gymnastic vaulting horse has a first elongated pad with a vertical height substantially equal to the height of the body of the vaulting horse. A second elongated pad has a vertical height substantially equal to the combined height o... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5879272 | Adjustable physical therapy apparatus An adjustable physical therapy apparatus consisting of a support base. A horizontally oriented bounding platform assembly support bar is selectively mounted on the support base so as to be vertically adjustable with respect thereto. A bounding platform as... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5620404 | Muscle stretching trainer system The invention provides a system for aiding a person in stretching his or her muscles, such as a gymnast. The system comprises a trapezoid shaped base having a pair of pivot grooves formed in a top surface thereof to accommodate adjacent ends of a pair of ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 4410174 | Exercise horse An exercise device comprised of a pair of hinged together, semicylindrical case halves which, when unfolded and placed on an exercise floor, constitute a pommel handle support and which, when folded together and latched, can be easily carried like a suitc... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4265461 | Combined plaything and receptacle for infants This invention discloses a combination of a vaulting box and a wooden horse used as means of plaything for infants, the interior of the vaulting box serving as a receptacle. The upper structural frames may all be received into the lower structural frames ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4203525 | Vaulting box A plurality of frame members. Each of the frame members have a truncated pyramid shape of successively reduced size. The members are able in one condition, to be stacked one upon the other to form an enlarged truncated pyramid shape box and in a second co... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4126308 | Combination pommel horse and rotatable wheel mounted leg support device An athletic training and exercising device, particularly for developing and training the body in connection with gymnastics and exercise on the pommel horse. The invention utilizes a pair of simulated pommels in combination with a supporting structure, mo... | 11/21/1978 |
