Category : Inventors

J. W. Reed invented the rolling pin with handles connected to a center rod; this is similar to the tool we know today, and it...

November 13, 1894, Albert C. Richardson of South Frankfort, Michigan received patent number 529,311 for the casket lowering device. Prior to his invention, caskets were...

David Fisher responded to the needs of furniture workers by trying to make their work easier, safer and more productive. He created and patented two...

Frederick J. Loudin invented the Keychain in 1894. He decided to invent this because usually people were pickpocketed or would easily lose their keys. Keychains...

Charles B. Brooks was an American inventor, who is best known for his patented improvements to the street sweeper in 1896. Very little is known...

Robert Francis Flemming Jr. (July 1839 – February 23, 1919) was an African-American inventor and Union sailor in the American Civil War. He was the first crew member aboard the USS...

African American inventor William H. Richardson patented an improvement to the baby carriage in the United States on June 18, 1889. It is U.S. patent...

Matthew A. Cherry, the inventor of the tricycle, was born on February 5, 1834, in Washington, D.C. While not much is known about his early...