kid inventors

Kid

Inventors!

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“Wris

ties”

10 yr old Kathryn Gregory invented “Wristies” which are protective winter gear that are designed to be worn under your gloves and coat to block the snow.Kathryn became the

youngest person to sell on QVC, the TV shopping channel.

The

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d Br

oom

5 yr old Sam Houghton was just 3 when he came up with the idea.

The broom collects large debris with the first head and fine dust with the second.He got a large elastic

band from the shed and put it over the two brooms, holding them just the right way to use both together.

The

Batti

e Ca

ddy

Austin Meggitt was 9 when he invented a way to carry a bat, ball and glove safely on the handlebars of a bicycle.He received a patent

and the Battie Caddy was sold in stores in the U.S.

The

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go

Daniel – He invented the pogo stick that inflates footballs or basketballs that are low on air!

The

Pops

icle

Frank Epperson was 11 when he invented the popsicle or ice lolly in 1905.He had the idea when

he left a fruit drink out during a freezing winter night.

More kid inventors

!

John Pemberton –

tried to create a medicine that helped people who drank too

much

Instead he accidentally made

Coca-Cola.

The Frisbee…invented by some college students who were toss some Frisbee pie pans around their campus

Spencer Silver -

accidentally invented Post-It

Notes when trying to create a new

kind of glue

Mary Anderson - Windshield Wipers

Bette Nesmith Graham - Liquid Paper

Ann Moore - Snugli

Margaret E. Knight - Paper Bags