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Super Soaker Inventor: Keep toys and millions of other products in the ...

But the strong patent system that helped me succeed in the 1980s and 1990s is now weaker due to court decisions and other changes in the law. read more

The Inventor Of The Super Soaker Talks About Turning ... - Forbes

Lonnie Johnson's Super Soaker water gun, introduced in 1990, has racked up retail sales of more than $1 billion. Using the revenue from his past success, he's developing two devices he believes ... read more

Meet Lonnie Johnson, The NASA Engineer Who Overcame Segregation To Invent The Super Soaker

While experimenting on a jet pump project for NASA in his bathroom in 1982, Lonnie Johnson shot a stream of water across the room and thought, "This would make a great gun." The Super Soaker went on ... read more

The Accidental Invention of the Super Soaker - Smithsonian Magazine

The Super Soaker was the top-selling toy in the world in 1992. Fabian Posselt/ullstein picture via Getty Images You might think it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to invent a squirt gun like the ... read more

‘Shark Tank,’ Abraham Lincoln and the Super Soaker: an ...

What do “Shark Tank,” Abraham Lincoln, and the Super Soaker have in common? Each has played a part in America’s longstanding and unique history of honoring the inventors who make life better ... read more

Super Soaker inventor: ‘Put it on the table and let it stand on its ...

Lonnie Johnson was working for NASA when he came up with the idea for what would ultimately become the Super Soaker. read more

How a black inventor beat the odds to create the Super Soaker

The Super Soaker has been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y. Super Soaker inventor Lonnie Johnson in 1998 wields a pair of guns from his popular Super Soaker brand ... read more

How Alan Dorfman Sold Millions Of Toys By Thinking Small - Forbes

First, he shrunk a Super Soaker. Alan Dorfman then made mini-versions of hundreds of toys and created a multi-million dollar toy category. read more

Super Soaker inventor among 7 inductees to Alabama Business Hall of ...

The inventor of the Super Soaker water gun is among seven inductees into this year’s class of the Alabama Business Hall of Fame. read more

Twister and Super Soaker join the Toy Hall of Fame

A trio of classic children’s toys were chosen to join the likes of Barbie and Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester on Thursday morning: Twister, the Super Soaker and the puppet. read more

Super Soaker 2011: Ready Your Batteries and Clips! | WIRED

Hasbro sent me some samples of their new line of Super Soaker blasters, and I have to say they offer some really cool innovations over last year’s models. The first innovation is built into the ... read more

A look at the Alabama-born inventor of the Super Soaker

A new video series from A+E Networks and Reddit is spotlighting a well-known Alabama-born inventor. Lonnie Johnson, who created the Super Soaker water gun in his "spare time" as a NASA engineer ... read more