Frisbee
There are many inventions which have become popular but here are some inventions that made millions because of their popularity. Frisbee which was first invented in 1948 where Walter Frederick and his girlfriend used to spend their past time playing with a lid of the tin. He, later on, went on with this idea of launching the product in the market in 1958 as a frisbee. In 2012 when frisbee became famous all around the world it was sold almost 300 million.
Hula Hoop
British sailors first saw this hula dance when they noticed the body movements of hula dance swinging with the hoop and from that they adopted this name. Hula Hoop were made from various things at that time and with time it changed drastically and they sold this thing more than 100 million.
Paper Post
The paper post is used largely now but it was first invented by Spencer and Nicholas with the help of their friend who told them to use adhesive to stick their paper. With this idea and many failed attempt, they finally introduced this idea to the world which became a great success and earned them billions.
Band Aid
This has a cute love story where the husband was worried that his wife used to have various cuts while working on the kitchen so he invented band-aid to help her. Earle Dickson invented this thing in 1920 which garnered popularity among people and he earned millions out of it.
Slinky
While working for the ship equipment Richard James found a spring hoping around his shelf which made him think and invent something like a toy. this thing became famous around the year-end of 2012 which earned them millions.
Kellogg's Corn Flakes
John Harvey and Keith were preparing some food when they spilled some wheat on the stove and they saw that the wheat had gone stale so instead of throwing away they continued with their experiment and it turned out to be a flake. Their famous corn flakes are popular with kids and they sold these to many countries.
Crocs
Well, these crocs are more specifically popular with young kids and this innovative idea was adopted by three friends and they developed it as a boating shoe. These shoes became hugely popular and it earned billions.
Velcro
George de Mestral got this idea when he went hiking with his dog where he noticed tiny hooks stuck on his pants and also on his dog so that made him think about making something like this in real life. He researched it and made it with the combination of the words velvet-crochet. This crochet has thousands of tiny hooks and velvet has thousands of tiny loops as this made the material grip tighter.
Smiley
Harvey Ross ball invented this design which became popular in 1970s where they made this a logo by putting it on buttons, shirts, mugs, posters and greeting cards with content like ' have a happy day' and soon it was sold largely in the market and they earned billions out of it.
Spanx
It is a body slimming thing which can make your tummy look inside and not to peeked outside. Spanx was invented by Sara Blakely in the year and since then it became popular with every commoner to famous celebrities using this product that earned her billions.
