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...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 |
| 5848439 | Nursing cape with deformable neck opening A nursing cape which covers the infant and the torso of the mother to provide privacy. Viewing ports made of netting are provided to allow eye contact between mother and infant, while also providing ventilation. The viewing ports include covering flaps fo... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848440 | Thumb-protective sports glove To provide, selectively, protection for the thumb of a user, especially during sporting events, such as skiing or snowboarding, or release of the thumb from the protection, the glove is formed with a strap (15) passing at least in part across the palm sur... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848441 | Pressure assist toilet A pressure assist toilet includes a gravity flow bowl, a gravity flow tank, and a thin walled pressure tank. The thin walled pressure tank is selectively configured to have a rectanguloid shape for insertion into the gravity flow tank and having strengthe... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848442 | Flush valve attachment system A flush valve is connectable to a vertical wall of a toilet tank. An overflow tubular member is in fluid communication with the flush valve housing and there are clip members mounted on the overflow member for connection with a flapper valve. In a preferr... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848443 | Portable automobile urinal An automobile urinal having a portable elevated flushing solution container, a portable bowl, (which when in use is positioned in the seat) and a portable disposable collecting bladder. The flushing solution container and the disposable collecting bladder... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848444 | Hydrotherapy jet with articulating joints An articulated jet structure which is mountable on the wall of a tub or spa, and which can be moved into a variety of positions to deliver a pulsed air/water stream to a desired location. More specifically, the hydrotherapy jet which extends from the wall... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848445 | Bathtub with head and neck support A bathtub that has a contoured head support and a contoured neck support formed in the lower portions of the tub. The tub comes in a standard length (in which the knees are drawn up) and a full length size (84 inches long) in which the user lies flat. In ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848446 | Shower door attachment assembly A shower door assembly is disclosed that has a connector vertically slidably attached to a lower door corner block. The connector corrects for out of plumb conditions when linked to a curb rail. The connector also cleans a track in the rail as the door is... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848447 | Toilet seat pivoting device A device for raising and lowering a toilet seat. Such a toilet seat enables the elderly and disabled to more easily use toilets. In its broadest context, the present invention includes a toilet seat which is pivotally secured to the remaining toilet bowl.... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848448 | Pillow with cutouts adapted to accommodate the ear, nose and cheek of a user A pillow that does not promote facial wrinkling or earaches including a solid foam body. The body is sculptured to have hollows or cutouts positioned and specifically shaped on its longitudinal axis for receiving the facial tissue of a user so as to preve... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848449 | Slide lock device and method for securing a patient positioning mold A slide lock device is provided for releasably locking a patient positioning mold to a base for accurate and repeatable radiation therapy. The slide lock device includes a rail secured to the base and a tab slidably mounted on the rail for overlapping eng... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848450 | Air bed control An airbed having multi-zone air mattress is provided having a control that can identify the configuration of any of a plurality of hand control units connected thereto and can interpret control functions differently based on the identified unit configurat... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848451 | Floor mop head having scrubbing surface A headband (22) for a mop head assembly (10) includes four scrubbing surfaces (40, 42, 44, and 46) that allow a user to scrub a surface with the headband (22). The scrubbing surfaces (40, 42, 44 and 46) include a plurality of interstices (34) and scrubbin... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848452 | Roll cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning the surface of a backing roll in a coater or a calender roll, wherein the roll is cleaned by spraying water on it and then scraping the water away from the surface or the roll with a doctor blade. Splashing of the water accumulat... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848453 | Gripp for hand strike tools A grip contains a profiled membrane (1) made of flexible material with two lips (1c) (1d) forming an interior collar, leaving the passage for the introduction of a tool shaft with any cross section free and which, when used and handled, allows the collars... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848454 | Strapping system and fastener therefor A strapping system using a novel buckle wherein one end portion of the buckle is attached to one end of a flat non-metallic strap, and the other end of the strap is threaded though the buckle in such a manner that the strap is held securely in place, and ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848455 | Auto-lock slide fastener slider and apparatus for molding slider cover In an auto-lock slide fastener slider composed of four members, i.e., a slider body, a pull tab, a locking member and a cover, the slider body has front and rear resilient cover-attachment projections extending from an upper wing and terminating respectiv... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848456 | Locking device for a connector Locking device for a connector for cooperation with a recess of a member with which the connector is to be connected, said locking device being made of spring elastic material and comprising two shanks which are movable towards and away from each other. A... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848457 | Lacing system for traditional footwear After purchase of a footwear article of manufacture, such as a sneaker, boot or the like, the substitution for the traditional lacing-up of the article of studs and closed loops of elastomeric construction material to facilitate the fitting on and removal... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848458 | Reconfigurable gantry tool The present invention is embodied in a reconfigurable gantry tool and a reconfigurable tool system. The reconfigurable tool includes a platform, a reconfigurable holding mechanism, a gantry frame, a multi-axis numerically controlled robotic tool, a multi-... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848459 | Pallet end board remover An apparatus and method for removing an end board from a pallet are disclosed which use a surface for supporting a pallet, a plurality of arms pivotally secured to the surface, a restraining bar pivotally secured to the surface and a power source operativ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848460 | Bearing puller The improved bearing puller is an invention that because of its unique geometry and design, will facilitate the easy and rapid removal of blind press fit bearings with little or no resultant damage to the bearing housing. It is principally intended for us... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848461 | Electrical machine having a rotor with an improved rotor stop In one embodiment of the present invention, an electrical machine includes a rotor having a rotor stop axially affixed with respect to a shaft of the rotor. The rotor stop has a surface which is machined after assembly of the rotor. The rotor is then asse... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848462 | Method for mounting an electronic component on a wiring substrate and an illuminating switch unit using this mounting method An insulating film 3 is provided with an opening 4 whose size is substantially equivalent to or slightly smaller than the outer configuration of electronic component 5. A conductive pattern 2 is formed on insulating substrate 1. After forcibly inserting t... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848463 | Apparatus for securing connector elements to the ends of belts A method and tool (15) for securing V-shaped, open connector elements (14) o belt ends (1) in a manual operation use staples (8) that are driven by hammer blows applied to a punch held by the tool. Each connector element (14) has at least two shanks (11, 1... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848464 | Apparatus for clinching reaction plate tabs of air bag modules An automated clinching apparatus for securing a decorative cover to a reaction plate, forming an air bag module, the reaction plate including a plurality of tabs received by the decorative cover and clinched to secure the decorative cover to the reaction ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848465 | Method for fabrication of probe A method for fabrication of a probe includes the steps of: (1) forming a structure wherein a contact part formed on one side of an insulating flexible substrate and a conductor formed on either side or the inside of the flexible substrate are electrically... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848466 | Method for forming a microelectronic assembly A microelectronic assembly (10) is formed by bonding an integrated circuit component (20) to a substrate (12). The substrate (12) includes a via (22) and a metal contact (24) closing the via (22). A bonding agent (14), such as a solder paste or a conducti... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848467 | Methods of making semiconductor chip assemblies Semiconductor chip assemblies are fabricated by providing a wafer having a plurality of semiconductor chips and providing a sheet separate from the wafer having a plurality of dielectric elements. Each chip has a plurality of contacts and each dielectric ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848468 | Method of forming metallic current conducting lugs at electrode plates of accumulators A method of forming metallic current conducting lugs on an accumulator electrode plate wherein at least the region where the current conducting lug has to be formed comprises a plastic net structure which is preferably provided with a metallization which ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848469 | Vehicle frame with side/cross member joint A vehicle frame having a side/cross member joint, including a pair of side members each having at least one opening therethrough, the openings having a plurality of generally straight edge portions. A cross member is connected to the side members, wherein... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848470 | Impact actuated bakery grid device An impact actuated bakery grid device 10 for producing uniform portions of baked goods wherein the grid device 10 includes a force generating unit 13 operatively associated with a handle member 30 which is connected at widely spaced locations on a grid me... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848471 | Windshield wiper reconditioning device A hand-held windshield wiper reconditioning device that has a body shaped and sized to be operated by a hand of a user. In an embodiment of the reconditioning device, a pair of opposing guide surfaces extends between a front face and a rear face of the bo... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848472 | Rotatable circular saw with parallelism adjustment function A portable circular saw is disclosed which includes a mechanism for simply and efficiently adjusting parallelism of the saw blade to the base. Two connecting members positioned at the front and rear of the saw connect the base of the saw to the saw cover,... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848473 | Saw blade A reciprocating saw blade comprises an elongated substantially flat body having a tang end and a distal tip end, a back edge and a spaced apart cutting edge. The cutting edge is formed of first and second pluralities of alternately and oppositely facing s... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848474 | Saw blade clamping arrangement for a power tool A saw blade clamping arrangement particularly for power reciprocating saws and similar tools having a reciprocating drive shaft connected to a cutting member such as a saw blade includes a clamping member movable relative to the drive shaft between a clam... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848475 | Razor and blade The invention provides a razor having a retaining mechanism adapted to receive a blade longer than the mechanism for retaining the blade so that one or both wings of the blade extend past the retaining mechanism to provide a small straight razor. Addition... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848476 | Manual clamping device for measuring railway track alignment and profile A manual apparatus for facilitating railway track alignment and/or track profile measurements. The tool consists of two fastening units, each having a cord positioner designed to engage the rail head and to properly place a cord for measuring, a reel for ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848477 | Coordinate measuring apparatus having a spatially adjustable probe pin The invention is directed to a coordinate measuring apparatus wherein the drives (3, 5, 6) for the measuring sleds of the apparatus are controlled on circularly-shaped paths to machine-control adjust the spatial orientation of the probe pin 9. The probe p... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848478 | Faucet template A template for use in the installation of water faucets and spouts adjacent to a sink or tub upon a plywood support. The plywood, acting as a support for mortar and tile, is opened to the approximate dimension of the template upon which suitable valve and... | 12/15/1998 |
