| Walter Frederick Morrison's Cake Pan | |
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Origin |
Walter Frederick Morrison |
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Type |
Cake Pan |
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Effects |
Flies indefinitely when throw by generating its own wind to keep it aloft. |
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Downsides |
Can cause nearby aeronautical vehicular devices (planes, balloons, etc.) to inexplicably fail. |
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Activation |
Throwing |
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Collected by |
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Section |
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Aisle |
1937-006-5719 |
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Shelf |
1945-9165 |
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Date of Collection |
June 10, 2014 |
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Origin[]
Walter Fredick "Fred" Morrison (January 23, 1920 – February 9, 2010) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, best known as the inventor of the Frisbee. Morrison claimed that the original idea for a flying disc toy came to him in 1937, while throwing a popcorn can lid with his girlfriend, Lu, whom he later married. The popcorn can lid soon dented which led to the discovery that cake pans flew better and were more common.
Initially Wham-O continued to market the toy solely as the "Pluto Platter", but by June 1957 they also began using the name Frisbee after learning that college students in the Northeast were calling the Pluto Platter by that name. Morrison also invented several other products for Wham-O, but none were as successful as the Pluto Platter.
Effects[]
When thrown, it will fly for long distances by generating its own wind to keep it moving. Nearby aeronautical vehicles such as planes and balloons will unexpectedly stop functioning mid-flight.