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208 Famous Products created by independent and university inventors NOT big companies!!!
Adolph's Meat Tenderizer (Adolph Rempp)
Adverteasing (Richard Levy)
Aerobles (Alan Adler)
airbag (Allen Breed)
air brake (George Westinghouse)
air conditioning (Willis Carrier)
airplane (Orville & Wilbur Wright)
air purifier (Frederick Cottrell)
Alternating current (Nicola Tesla)
Apple Computer (Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak)
aqualung for divers (Jacques Cousteau)
atom "smashers" (Ernest Lawrence and Robert Vandergraff)
ATM (Lutber Simijian)
audio sound generators (Wllliarn Hewlelt)
Avery labels (Stan Avery)
Baby bottle wlth hole in the middle (Nickie and William Campbell)
Ball point pen (John Loud)
Barbie doll (Ruth Handler)
Benie Babies (Ty Warner)
blender (Stephen Poplaws)
BLOCKMEN (Barry Stiles)
Blue jeans (Levl Strauss)
brown 'n serve dinner rolls (Joe Gregor)
brown paper bag (Margaret Knight)
calculator (William Seward Burroughs)
Candy Land Game (BleanorAbbott)
can oppner (WWilliam W. Lyman)
car radio (Paul Galvin)
carpet sweeper (Melville Bissell)
Castro Convertib1e sofa beds (Bemard Castro)
CB WaLkie-Talkie (AI Gross)
Celestial Seasonings herbal tea (Mo Siegel)
celluloid (John Hyatt)
cereal (George Kellogg)
Clue board game (AnthonY Pratt)
Coca-Cola (Dr. John S. Pemberton)
color film - Kotachrome (Leo GodowsKy & Leopold Mannes)
computer Mouse (Douglas C. Engelbart)
condensed milk {Gail Borden)
Cotton gin (Elj Whitney)
Cracker Jack (P,W. Rueckheim)
Crayola crayons (Edwin Binney & Harold Smith)
Delta faueet (Alex Manoogian)
diesel engine (Rudolph Diesel)
digital fax {Robert Wernikoff)
dishwasher (Josephine Garis Cochraine)
disposable diaper (Marion Donovan)
disposable paper cup (Hugh Moore)
Doctor Bag toy (Jack Pressman)
DoveBar ice cream (leo Stefanot)
Dr. Scholl's foot care products (Dr. William Scholl)
dynamite (Alfred Nobe1)
earmuffs (Chester Greenwood)
eight track tape player (Bernard Cousino)
electric blanket (S L. Russell)
electronic calculators (An Wang)
electric shaver (Jacob Schick)
elevator (EIisha Otis)
engine-driven generator (Delco) - Charles Kettering
Erector Sets (A.C. Gilbert)
Etch-A-Sketch (Paul Chase)
frozen foods (Clarence Birdseye)
Fig Newton (James Mltchell)
Flexible Flyer® tm Sled (Samuel Leeds A11en)
FM radio (Edwin Atmstrong)
Frisbee (Fred Morrison)
frozen pizza (Rose Totino)
Furby talking stuffed animal (Dave Hampton)
gas mask (Garrett Morgan)
Gatling gun (Richard Gatling)
G.I. Joe (Stanley Weston)
golf tee (Dr. William Lowell)
Gatorade (Robert Cade, M.D.)
Grocery Cart (Sylvan Goldman)
Hacky Sack (John Stalberger) Mike Marshall)
Hawaiian Tropic suntan oils (Ron Rice)
helicopter (lgor Sikorsky)
hot dog roller cooker (Calvin MacCracken)
HotWheels toy cars (Elliot Handler)
Implantable cardiac pacemaker (Wllson Greatbatch)
intermittent windshield wlper (Robert Kearns)
Jacuzzi whirlpool (Candido and Roy Jacuzzi)
Jantzen swimwear (John and Roy Zehntbauer)
Jolt Cola (C.J. Rapp)
Kewpie Doll (Rose O'Neil)
Kitty Litter (Edward Lowe)
Knox Gelatin (Rose Markward Knox)
Koosh Ball (Scott Stillinger)
laser (Gordon Gould)
La-Z-Boy recliner (Edwin Shoemaker)
LearJet (Bill Lear)
Lego Toys (Ole Kirk Christiansen)
Life Savers Candy (Clarence Crane)
light bulb (Thomas Edison)
Lincoln Logs (John Lloyd Wright)
Lionel Trains (Joshua Lional Cowen and Harry Grant)
Liquid Paper (Bette Nesmith Graham)
Louisville Slugger baseball bat (Pete Browning)
Madame Alexander Dolls (Beatrice Alexander Behrman)
magnetic core memory (Jay Forrester)
manufacture of aluminum (Charles Hall)
Matchbox Cars (Jack Odell)
Monopoly (Charles Darrow)
Maytag washers (Fred Maytag)
M-16 weapon (Eugene Stoner)
microphone and gramophone (Emile Berliner)
microwave cookware (Stanloy Mason)
Moen faucets (Al Moen)
Monopoly board game (Charles Barrow)
mood rings (Marvin Wernik)
Morse code (Samuel Morse)
MRI (Raymond Damadian)
Murphy bed (William Murphy)
Nerf ball (Reynolds Gluyer)
Nike shoe (Bill Bowerman)
nuclear reactor (Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard)
oasis floral foam (Vermon Smithers)
Odor-Eaters (Herbert Lapidus)
outboard motor (Ole Evinrude)
parking meter (Carlton Magee)
PC-DOS and MS-DOS computer operating systems (Tim Patterson)
peach (Luther Burbank)
Pepperidge Farm bakery (Margaret Rudkin)
Pepsi-Cola (Caleb Bradham)
permanent wave machine (Marjorie Joyner)
phonograph (Thomas Edison)
plastic (leo Baekeland)
Play-Doh (Joe McVicker)
pneumatic tire (J.B. Dunlop)
Polaid camera (Edwin Lard)
Polarizing sunglasses (Edwin Land)
Pong - 1st video game (Nolan Bushnell. founder of Atari Co.)
Popsicle (Frank Epperson)
pop top can a(Ermal Fraze)
pop-up tissue box (Audrew Olsen)
pop-up toaster (Charles Strite)
postagc stamping machine (Arthur Pitney)
potato chips (George Crum)
PowerBars snack food (Brian Maxwill)
power hand tools (Black & Decker)
power steering (Francis Davis)
punch card tabulating macbine (Herman Hollerith)
quartz timers (George Pierce and Walter Cady)
radio (Gutlielmo Marconi)
Radio Flyer wagon (Antonioo Pasin)
radio tube (Dr. Lee deForest)
Raggedy Ann & Andy (John B. Gruelle)
ready mix paint (Henry Sherwin)
respirator (Dr. Forrest Bird)
revolver (Samuel Colt)
rickshaw (Rev. Jonathan Scoble)
rocketry (Robert Goddard)
Rollerblades (Scott & Brennan Olsen)
ro11 flim for cameras (George Eastman)
Rolodex (Alfred Neustadter)
Safety Bicycle (J.K Starlcy)
safety pin (Walter hunt)
safety razor (King Gillette)
Samsonite luggage (Jesse Shwayder)
Scrabble board game (Alfred Butts)
ship propeller (John Ericsson)
Silly Putty (Peter Hodgson)
silo (Frcd Hatch)
Slam Dunk (Chuck Foley)
Slinky toy (Rictsrd James)
snowboard (Tim Sims)
Snuli baby carrier (Ann Moore)
Soda straw (Otto Diefenbach)
sonogram (Robert H. Rines)
S.O.S. scouring pads (Irwin W. Cox) (trademark #128,961)
space guidance systems (Charles Draper)
Speaking Doll (Thomas Edison)
standardized cooking recipes (Fannie Farmer)
strobe lights (Harold Edgerton)
submarine (Cornelius van Drebbel)
super computer (Seymour Cray)
telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)
televison (Philo Farnsworth)
traffic light (Garrett Morgan)
Timex watches (Joakim Lehmkuhl)
Tabasco Sause (Edmund MeIhenny)
teddy bear (Morris Michtom, founder, Ideal Toy Co.)
Tickle Me Elmo doll (Ron Druben)
Tinkertoys (Charles Pajeau)
Toll House cookie recipe (Ruth Wakefield)
Tipsy tail (Tomima Edmark)
Tupperware (Earl Tupper)
tuxedo (Pierre Lorillard)
TV on-screen programming (Michael Levine)
2000 Flushes toilet bowl cleaner (Al Eisen)
Twister (Chuck Foley)
typewriter (Christopher Sholes)
vacuum bottle (James Dewar)
vacuum cleaner (Ives McGaffney)
Velcro (George de Mestral)
Vicks VapoRub (Lunsford Richardson)
View-Master (William Gruber & Harold Graves)
vulcanized rubber (Charles Goodyear)
Walkman (Jeromc Lemelson)
waterbed (Charlie Hall)
water skis (Ralph Samuelson)
water softener (Emmett: Culligan)
Walke Talkies (Richie Stachowski)
Whitman Sampler (Slephen Witman)
Wizzzer toy top (Pau1 Brown)
World Wide Web (Tim Berners-Lee)
xerography (photocopying - Xerox) (Chester Carlson)
Zamboni ice resurfacer for ice skating rinks (Frank Zamboni)
zipper (Whitcomb Judson)
Information compiled by Inventors' Digest, 310 Franklin St., #24, Boston, MA 02110 * (617) 367-4540
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Created on Jan. 20-2000
Updated on July 02 2004