Posted on 02/11/2010 11:20:17 PM PST by bogusname
Walter Fredrick Morrison, the man credited with inventing the Frisbee, has died aged 90. Utah House Rep. Kay McIff, an attorney who represented Mr Morrison in a royalties case, said he died at his home in Monroe, Utah, on Tuesday.
"That simple little toy has permeated every continent in every country, as many homes have Frisbees as any other device ever invented," Mr McIff said. "How would you get through your youth without learning to throw a Frisbee?" Mr Morrison's son, Walt, said that "old age caught up" with his father and that he also had cancer.
"He was a nice guy. He helped a lot of people," Walt Morrison said. "He was an entrepreneur. He was always looking for something to do."
Mr Morrison sold the production and manufacturing rights to his "Pluto Platter" in 1957. The plastic flying disc was later renamed the "Frisbee," with sales surpassing 200 million discs. It is now a staple at beaches and college campuses across the country and spawned sports like Frisbee golf and the team sport Ultimate...
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Thanks, very interesting. Did Frisbie Pies ever get anything out of the deal?
Theyre located in California no doubt.
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Morrison claimed that the original idea for a flying disc toy came to him while throwing a popcorn can lid with his girlfriend, Lu, whom he later married.
The popcorn lid soon dented which led to the discovery that cake pans flew better and were more common.
The two of them developed a little business selling “Flyin’ Cake Pans” on the beaches of Santa Monica, California.
Invented in New Haven, CT, just like pizza and the town green.
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as he once explained the invention:
“I was wondering why that pie tin was getting bigger, then wham-o, it hit me ...”
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