Independent Inventor's Products
- 7-UP (Charles Leiper Grigg)
- 56K modem (Dr. Brent Townshend)
- Adolphs Meat Tenderizer (Adolph Rempp)
- Adverteasing (Richard Levy)
- Aerobies (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)
- Apgar newborn scoring system (Virginia Apgar)
- Apple computer (Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak)
- aqualung (Jacques Cousteau)
- atom masher (Ernest Lawrence and Robert Vandergraff)
- ATM (Luther Simijian)
- audio sound generators (William Hewlett)
- automatic sliding doors (Dee Horton and Lew Hewitt)
- Avery labels (Stan Avery)
- baby bottle with hole in the middle (Nickie and William
- Campbell)
- ball point pen (John Loud)
- Barbie doll (Ruth Handler)
- basketball game (James Naismith)
- Beanie Babies (Ty Warner)
- blender (Stephen Poplawski)
- Blue jeans (Levi Strauss)
- brown n serve dinner rolls (Joe Gregor)
- brown paper bag (Margaret Knight)
- calculator (William Seward Burroughs)
- Candy Land game (Eleanor Abbott)
- can opener (William W. Lyman)
- car radio (Paul Galvin)
- carpet sweeper (Melville Bissell)
- Castro Convertible sofa beds (Bernard Castro)
- CB Walkie-Talkie (Al Gross)
- Celestial Seasonings herbal tea (Mo Siegel)
- celluloid (John Hyatt)
- cereal (George Kellogg)
- Chiclets chewing gum (Thomas Adams )
- Clearasil (Ivan Combe)
- Clue board game (Anthony Pratt)
- Coca-Cola (Dr. John S. Pemberton)
- color film – Kodachrome (Leo Godowsky &
- Leopold Mannes)
- condensed milk (Gail Borden)
- cotton candy machine (Thomas Patton)
- cotton gin (Eli Whitney)
- Cracker Jack (F.W. Rueckheim)
- Crayola crayons (Edwin Binney & Harold Smith)
- crossword puzzle (Arthur Wynne)
- Cuisanart (Carl G Sontheimer)
- Curling Iron (Theora Stephens)
- Cylinder Lock (Linus Yale)
- Delta faucet (Alex Manoogian)
- diesel engine (Rudolph Diesel)
- digital fax (Robert Wernikoff)
- digital compact disk (James Russell)
- dishwasher (Josephine Garis Cochraine)
- disposable diaper (Marion Donovan)
- disposable paper cup (Hugh Moore)
- Doctor Bag toy (Jack Pressman)
- DoveBar ice cream (Leo Stefanos)
- Dr. Scholls foot care products (Dr. William Scholl)
- dynamite (Alfred Nobel)
- earmuffs (Chester Greenwood)
- eight-track tape player (Bernard Cousino)
- electric blanket (S. I. Russell)
- electronic calculators (An Wang)
- electric shaver (Jacob Schick)
- electro-magnetic motor (Nicola Tesla)
- elevator (Elisha Otis)
- engine-driven generator (Delco) – Charles Kettering
- Erector Sets (A.C. Gilbert)
- escalator (Jesse Reno)
- Eskimo Pie (D.F. Duncan Sr.)
- Etch-A-Sketch (Paul Chase)
- fax (Elisha Gray)
- Fig Newton (James Mitchell)
- Flexible Flyer® Sled (Samuel Leeds Allen)
- fly swatter (Frank H. Rose)
- FM radio (Edwin Armstrong)
- freestone peach¬ (Luther Burbank)
- Frisbee ( Fred Morrison)
- frozen foods (Clarence Birdseye)
- frozen pizza (Rose Totino)
- Furby talking stuffed animal (Dave Hampton)
- gas mask (Garrett Morgan)
- Gatling gun (Richard Gatling)
- Gatorade (Robert Cade, M.D.)
- George Foreman grill (Michael Boehm)
- G.I. Joe (Stanley Weston)
- golf tee (Dr. William Lowell)
- GORE-TEX® fabric (Wilbert L. and Genevieve Gore)
- Graham Crackers (Sylvester Graham)
- granola bars (Stanley Mason)
- grocery cart (Sylvan Goldman)
- gyroscopic compass (Elmer Ambrose Sperry)
- Hacky Sack (John Stalberger & Mike Marshall)
- Hawaiian Tropic suntan oils (Ron Rice)
- helicopter (Igor Sikorsky)
- home smoke detector (Randolph Smith and Kenneth House)
- hot dog roller cooker (Calvin MacCracken)
- Hot Wheels toy cars (Elliot Handler)
- hovercraft (Charles Fletcher)
- Hula Hoop (Richard Knerr and Arthur ‚ÄúSpud‚Ä? Melin, founders of
- the Wham-O Company)
- Idaho potato (Luther Burbank)
- imaging sonar (Robert H. Rines)
- implantable cardiac pacemaker (Wilson
- Greatbatch)
- intermittent windshield wiper (Robert Kearns)
- Jacuzzi whirlpool (Candido and Roy Jacuzzi)
- Jantzen swimwear (John and Roy Zehntbauer)
- Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart (Robert Jarvik)
- Jell-OÆ (Peter Cooper)
- jet ski (Clayton Jacobsen)
- Jolt Cola (C.J. Rapp)
- Kewpie Doll (Rose O’Neil)
- Kirby Vacuum (Jim Kirby)
- Kitty Litter (Edward Lowe)
- Knox Gelatin (Rose Markward Knox)
- KOOL-AID (Edwin Perkins)
- Koosh Ball (Scott Stillinger)
- laser (Gordon Gould)
- La-Z-Boy recliner (Edwin Shoemaker)
- Lear jet (Bill Lear)
- Lego Toys (Ole Kirk Christiansen)
- lie detector (John Larson)
- Life Savers Candy (Clarence Crane)
- light bulb (Thomas Edison)
- Lincoln Logs¬ (John Lloyd Wright)
- Lionel Trains (Joshua Lionel Cowen & ¬ Harry Grant)
- Liquid Paper (Bette Nesmith Graham)
- Madame Alexander Dolls (Beatrice¬ Alexander Behrman)
- magnetic core memory (Jay Forrester)
- manufacture of aluminum¬ (Charles Hall)
- Matchbox Cars (Jack Odell)
- Maytag washers (Fred Maytag)
- M-16 weapon (Eugene Stoner)
- microphone & gramophone (Emile Berliner)
- microwave cookware (Stanley Mason)
- miniature golf (Garnet Carter)
- Moen faucets (Al Moen)
- monkey wrench (Charles Moncky)
- Monopoly board game (Charles Barrow)
- mood rings (Marvin Wernick)
- Morse code (Samuel Morse)
- MRI (Raymond Damadian)
- Murphy bed (Willliam Murphy)
- Nerf ball (Reynolds Guyer)
- Nike shoe (Bill Bowerman)
- nuclear reactor (Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard)
- oasis floral foam (Vernon Smithers)
- Odor-Eaters (Herbert Lapidus)
- outboard motor (Ole Evinrude)
- package saver for pizza (Carmela Vitale)
- Paint Roller (Norman Breakey)
- parking meter (Carlton Magee)
- PC-DOS and MS-DOS computer operating systems (Tim
- Patterson)
- peanut butter (George Washington Carver)
- Pepperidge Farm bakery (Margaret Rudkin)
- Pepsi-Cola (Caleb Bradham)
- permanent hair wave machine (Marjorie Joyner)
- Phillips head screw (Henry F. Phillips)
- phonograph (Thomas Edison)
- pinball Рcoin operated¬ (Raymond Maloney)¬
- plastic (Leo Baekeland)
- Play-Doh (Joe McVicker)
- pneumatic tire (J.B. Dunlop)
- Polaroid camera (Edwin Land)
- Polarizing sunglasses (Edwin Land)
- Pong – 1st video game (Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari Co.)
- Popsicles (Frank Epperson)
- pop top can (Ermal Fraze)
- pop-up tissue box (Andrew Olsen)
- pop-up toaster (Charles Strite)
- portable kidney dialysis machine (Dean Kamen)
- postage stamping machine (Arthur Pitney)
- potato chips (George Crum)
- PowerBars snack food (Brian Maxwell)
- power hand tools (Black & Decker)
- power steering (Francis Davis)
- print-to-speech reading machine (Ray Kurzweil)
- punch card tabulating machine (Herman Hollerith)
- Q-TipsÆ (Leo Gerstenzang)
- quartz timers (George Pierce and Walter Cady)
- radar imaging (Robert H. Rines)
- radio (Guglielmo Marconi)
- Radio Flyer wagon (Antonio Pasin)
- radio tube (Dr. Lee deForest)
- Raggedy Ann & Andy (John B. Gruelle)
- railroad sound dampening apparatus (Mary Walton)
- ready mix paint (Henry Sherwin)
- reel to reel film (Hannibal Goodwin)
- respirator (Dr. Forrest Bird)
- revolver (Samuel Colt)
- rickshaw (Rev. Jonathan Scobie)
- rocketry (Robert Goddard)
- Rollerblades (Scott & Brennan Olsen)
- rollercoasters (John Miller)
- roll film for cameras (George Eastman)
- Rolodex (Alfred Neustadter)
- Safety Bicycle (J.K. Starley)
- 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 (Fred Hatch)
- Slam Dunk (Chuck Foley)
- Slinky toy (Richard James)
- snowblower (Arthur Sicard)
- snowboard (Tim Sims)
- snowmaking machine (Wayne Pierce)
- Snugli baby carrier (Ann Moore)
- soda straw (Otto Diefenbach)
- solar powered airplane (Paul MacCready)
- S.O.S. scouring pads (Edwin W. Cox)
- space guidance systems (Charles Draper)
- Speaking Doll (Thomas Edison)
- spiral ham slicing machine (Harry Hoenselaar)
- standardized cooking recipes (Fannie Farmer)
- Stowaway Portable Keyboard¬ (Bob Olodort)
- strobe lights (Harold Edgerton)
- submarine (Cornelius van Drebbel)
- super computer (Seymour Cray)
- SuperSoaker (Lonnie Johnson)
- telecommunications for the deaf (Robert Weitbrecht)
- telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)
- television (Philo Farnsworth)
- traffic light (Garrett Morgan)
- Tabasco Sauce (Edmund McIhenny)
- teddy bear (Morris Michtom, founder, Ideal Toy Co.)
- Teva sandals (Mark Thatcher)
- Tickle Me Elmo doll (Ron Druben)
- Timex watches (Joakim Lehmkuhl)
- Tinkertoys (Charles Pajeau)
- Toll House cookie recipe (Ruth Wakefield)
- Topsy Tail (Tomima Edmark)
- touch screen (Dr. Sam Hurst)
- tow truck (Ernest Holmes, Sr.)
- trampoline (George Nissan)
- 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 (Jerome Lemelson)
- waterbed (Charlie Hall)
- water skis (Ralph Samuelson)
- water softener (Emmett Culligan)
- Water Talkies (Richie Stachowski)
- wheelchairs (Harry Jennings)
- Whitman Sampler (Stephen Whitman)
- Wizzzer toy top (Paul Brown)
- World Wide Web (Tim Berners-Lee)
- xerography (photocopying – Xerox) (Chester Carlson)
- Zamboni ice resurfacer for ice skating rinks (Frank Zamboni)
- zipper (Whitcomb Judson)
