FRISBEE
A
flying-saucer enthusiast named Walter Frederick Morrison designed a
saucer-like disk for playing catch. It was produced by a company
named Wham-O. On a promotional tour of college campuses, the president
of Wham-O encountered the pie-plate-tossing craze at Yale. And so
the flying saucer from California was renamed after the pie plate from
Connecticut. Of course the name was changed from Frisbie to Frisbee to
avoid any legal problems. |
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Invention: |
Frisbee in
1950 |
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Definition: |
noun /
Fris·bee / trademark |
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Function: |
a plastic
disk-shaped toy that players throw and catch Also called Flyin
Saucer and Pluto Platter |
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Patent: |
Obtained by
Walter Frederick Morrison, # unknown |
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