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Flexible Flyer ad from the early 1900s. Samuel Leeds Allen patented the Flexible Flyer in 1889 [2] in Cinnaminson, New Jersey using local children and adults to test prototypes. [3] Allen's company flourished by selling these speedy and yet controllable sleds at a time when others were still producing toboggans and "gooseneck" sleds. [4]
In order to provide year-round employment for his workers producing farm equipment, Mr. Allen sought to create a product that could be sold during the winter. His passion for sledding led him to develop a series of sleds and sled improvements. Allen was issued U.S. Patent number 408,681 on August 13, 1889, for the Flexible Flyer.
Radio Flyer is an American toy company best known for its popular red toy wagon. Radio Flyer also produces scooters, tricycles, bicycles , [ 1 ] horses, and ride-ons. The company was founded in 1917 and is based in Chicago, Illinois .
Saucer, a round sled curved like a saucer (see also flying saucer), also without runners and usually made out of plastic or metal; Flexible Flyer, a steerable wooden sled with thin metal runners [14] Kicksled or spark, a human-powered sled; Inflatable sled or tube, a plastic membrane filled with air to make a very lightweight sled, like an ...
The kicksled or spark is a small sled consisting of a chair mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners that extend backward to about twice the chair's length. The sled is propelled by kicking (sparka or sparke in the Scandinavian languages) the ground by foot. There is a handlebar attached to the top of the chair back.
The Flyer is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most inexpensive car of all time. The book lists the 1922 Briggs & Stratton Flyer as selling from US$125 to US$150 (equivalent to $2280 to $2730 in 2023) . [3] A few Smith Flyers still exist in collections, and blueprints for the car are available online.
The Hirohata Merc, one of the most famous cars in the lead sled style. A lead sled is a standard production automobile with a body heavily modified in particular ways [citation needed] [dubious – discuss] (see below); especially, though not exclusively, a 1949, 1950, or 1951 model year Ford 'Shoebox' or Mercury Eight car.
The Avid Flyer is a family of American single engine, high-wing, strut-braced, conventional landing gear-equipped, two seat light aircraft designed for kit construction in the 1980s. Its several variants sold in large numbers. In 1987 a Flyer became the first ultralight to land at the North Pole. [citation needed]