Gary P Hanson, 80Lubbock, TX

6641280, Nov 4, 2003

Sep 26, 2001

09/963304

Gary B. Hanson - Hudson WI
Michael F. Weber - Shoreview MN
Andrew J. Ouderkirk - Woodbury MN

3M Innovative Properties Company - Saint Paul MN

F21L 700

362186, 362101, 362202, 362318

Hand-holdable toy light tube comprising a handle, a light source and a tube of color shifting film. The light source is preferably disposed within an end of the handle. The tube of color shifting film extends from the end of the handle. During use, light from the light source interacts with the tube of color shifting film, producing a brilliant colored effect. Movement of the handle and thus of the tube of color shifting film produces multiple colors.

6797366, Sep 28, 2004

Jul 1, 2002

10/188175

Gary B. Hanson - Hudson WI
James M. Jonza - Woodbury MN
Andrew J. Ouderkirk - Woodbury MN
John A. Wheatley - Lake Elmo MN

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

G02B 500

428201, 428195, 428203, 428212, 428916, 40427, 40442, 359 1, 359 2, 359 15, 359502, 359580, 359589, 359590, 359485, 359487, 359838, 359839, 359884

Multilayer polymeric films and other optical bodies are provided which is useful in making colored mirrors and polarizers. The films are characterized by a change in color as a function of viewing angle.

4558888, Dec 17, 1985

Apr 4, 1985

6/719630

Gary R. Hanson - Minneapolis MN
George R. Rabuse - Sunfish Lake MN

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - St. Paul MN

B42D 100
B42D 504
B42C 900
B42B 906

281 23

A binding tape for binding the shingled edges of sheets has a supple tough and flexible nonwoven fibrous backing coated on one surface with a pressure-sensitive adhesive and with a barrier coat to seal the backing on the other surface. A low adhesion backsize is coated on the backing to permit winding or stacking strips of tape. Tabs adhered to the ends of the strips aid in locating the strips in relation to the shingled edges.

4697970, Oct 6, 1987

May 19, 1986

6/864531

Gary R. Hanson - Minneapolis MN

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - Saint Paul MN

B42C 1100
B42D 300

412 4

A cover for use in binding sheets without use of a machine comprises a sheet of cover with a central fold dividing the cover to a front cover portion and a back portion and a strip of pressure-sensitive adhesive along the fold has a moveable liner.

4793758, Dec 27, 1988

May 19, 1986

6/864530

Gary R. Hanson - Minneapolis MN
Ray A. Hunder - Birchwood MN
George R. Rabuse - Sunfish Lake MN

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - Saint Paul MN

B42L 1100

412 4

A cover for the machine-less binding of pages into a booklet comprises a cover having a longitudinal edge of a strip of pressure sensitive tape adhered inside the cover along the central fold line to accept shingled edges of the pages.

4702659, Oct 27, 1987

May 19, 1986

6/864528

Gary R. Hanson - Minneapolis MN

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - Saint Paul MN

B42D 300
B42C 1100

412 4

Loose pages can easily be bound in a cover having a strip of aggressive pressure sensitive adhesive near the fold line by aligning the pages with the outer edge and then rolling the inner edge of the cover and pages to shingle the edges along the adhesive to attach each page.

6024455, Feb 15, 2000

Jan 13, 1998

9/006292

Mark O'Neill - New Brighton MN
Michael F. Weber - Shoreview MN
Olester Benson - Woodbury MN
John A. Wheatley - Ascott, GB
James M. Jonza - Woodbury MN
Gary B. Hanson - Hudson WI

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

G02B 5124

359530

A reflective article has a multilayer film covering a patterned retroreflective layer. In one embodiment the patterned retroreflective layer includes a separate indicia layer covering a retroreflective substrate. The indicia are substantially hidden under normal viewing conditions but easily detectable under retroreflective lighting conditions. Various types of retroreflective layers are disclosed. The article can also include microstructured relief patterns which produce holographic images under ambient lighting but which disappear under retroreflective conditions. The multilayer film includes alternating layers of at least a first and second polymer, and has a relatively high reflectivity for normally incident light within a first spectral range which is approximately coextensive with the visible spectrum, and a relatively low reflectance for normally incident light within a second spectral range. The second spectral range can include a transmission window of 15% or less fractional bandwidth located at least partially in the visible spectrum. Film constructions are disclosed which achieve sharper spectral transitions than previously attainable.

4704317, Nov 3, 1987

Sep 15, 1986

6/907172

Brice G. Hickenbotham - North St. Paul MN
Gary R. Hanson - Minneapolis MN

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - Saint Paul MN

B32B 300

428156

Sheetstock which is too stiff to be dispensed reliably from corner nip feeders is modifed to make it dispensible by forming a diagonal path of relatively low stiffness across each of at least two adjacent corners, preferably all four corners. Such a path preferably is made by forming slits, scores or a line of perforations extending at 45. degree. to the edges of the sheetstock.