The Story of Walter Frederick, Who Was Turned into a “Frisbee”

One day he and his girlfriend popcorn cap popping The idea that sparked would not become popular easily, but after a while it would become an entertainment device that would spread all over the world.

Entrepreneur Walter Frederick Morrison and his wife devoted years to this toy. Although it seemed like a simple thing, it took a long time to reach its final form. Yes, it was a lot of effort and it was very important to them, but one day, one day, Fred it will turn into a frisbee Who could have guessed?

At the age of 19, a few minutes of fun with his girlfriend gave rise to an idea by chance.

Walter Fredrick Morrison was born on January 23, 1920 in Utah, USA. The idea that will come to your mind at the age of 19 is today the seed of a toy we still use it would happen.

Fred was throwing the popcorn box lid at each other with his girlfriend. The lid of the box collapsed after a while, which the idea that things like cake pans can fly better had revealed.

They realized they could make money from this idea.

Approximately one year after the incident we mentioned, Fred and his girlfriend were asked for a cake mold that they threw at each other on the beach. bid 25 cents had been done. That’s when Fred came up with the idea:

“People on the beach were willing to pay 25 cents for a cake pan to throw at each other. Not a cake mold If there was something smoother Maybe they would even be willing to pay more.”

Fred and his girlfriend Lu decided to open a tiny business.

They opened a place called “Flyin’ Cake Pans” on the beaches of Los Angeles. Fred II. He had learned something about aerodynamics while flying a P-47 Thunderbolt during World War II. By increasing this knowledge over time design that allows it to fly faster and farther constantly improved.

Based on this, the world’s first frisbee design emerged in 1946. The draft called Whirlo-Way was later developed. “Flyin-Saucer (Flying Saucer)” They named it. However, sales were a complete disappointment.

They continued to constantly improve the design.

By 1954 Fred bought more material from the original molders to sell at fairs and made his discs. can produce cheaper noticed.

In 1955, Lu and Fred came up with the design that became the mother of all frisbees today, and two years later they called Wham-O. They sold it to a famous toy company.

The couple later designed other products for the company, but none were as successful as the frisbee. Even though Frisbee has been around for decades, it is still entertains us and our dogs among toys.

The inventor passed away in 2010.

Entrepreneur Walter Frederick Morrison, who died of cancer at the age of 90, reportedly “turned into a frisbee” he wanted. His son said:

“We always thought he was joking when he said he wanted to live as a Frisbee, but he’s made it clear lately that he’s serious. He told us to use his ashes to make frisbees. Even in his honor He expressed his hope that we would launch it.”

Limited edition toys produced by mixing Frederick’s ashes, distributed to family members hid. The adventure that started with the invention of the frisbee ended as “frisbee”.

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