Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A child plays with her Hula Hoop. The toy inspired a craze that was a spectacular success for the Wham-O company in 1958. Balls, ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) – Wham-O says its trademarked toys have not become generic, in arguing against challenges to its Frisbee, Hula Hoop, Slip ‘N Slide and Superball trademarks. It seeks to enforce an ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. RICHARD KNERR was co-founder of Wham-O Inc, which unleashed the hula-hoop fad on the world more than half a century ago, plus another ...

The toymaker who invented the Hula Hoop and Frisbee has died aged 82. Richard "Rich" Knerr co-founded the Wham-O company, which specialised in fun products such as Silly String and the Super Ball. Mr ...

Few people in the history of fun can have had such success as Arthur (Spud) Melin, who died on June 28th aged 77, the co-inventor… Few people in the history of fun can have had such success as Arthur ...

ARCADIA ? Richard Knerr, co-founder of the toy company that introduced the world to the Hula Hoop, Frisbee andother American fads, has died. He was 82. Knerr, who started Wham-O in 1948 with his ...

PASADENA (CBSLA.com) — The original home of the Frisbee, the Hula Hoop and the Slip-N-Slide is about to meet the wrecking ball. KNX 1070's Ron Kilgore reports an iconic set of buildings formerly ...

Richard Knerr, co-founder of the company responsible for turning the Hula Hoop, Frisbee and many other ingenious creations into iconic toys died Monday at age 82. Knerr spent his final hours in ...

Richard Knerr, co-founder of Wham-O Inc., which unleashed the granddaddy of American fads, the Hula Hoop, on the world half a century ago along with another enduring leisure icon, the Frisbee, has ...

Richard Knerr (pronounced nur), who with partner Arthur Melin had a talent for turning seemingly quirky ideas like the Hula Hoop, the Frisbee and the SuperBall into national passions, died from ...