Wham-O Inc. is an American toy company based in Carson, California, United States. It is known for creating and marketing many popular toys for nearly...

marketing the Frisbee and Hula hoop. In 1948, he co-founded the company Wham-O with Arthur Melin (nicknamed "Spud"). In 1957, an Australian visiting California...

in an automobile. The new plastic version was popularized in 1958 by the Wham-O toy company and became a fad. Hula hoops for children generally measure...

the sport and game of disc golf. Headrick's career began its tenure at Wham-O where he asked for a job making toys and was told they were not hiring....

diameter). The Wham-O company, founded in 1948, produced the Wham-O slingshot. It was made of ash wood and used flat rubber bands. The Wham-O was suitable...

of all modern flying discs. He sold the rights to Wham-O on January 23, 1957. In June 1957, Wham-O co-founders Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin gave...

because the material was not very durable. So Stingley took it to toy company Wham-O; they worked on developing a more durable version which they still manufacture...

Hydrophobic sand (or magic sand) is a toy made from sand coated with a hydrophobic compound. The presence of the hydrophobic compound causes the grains...

levels of competition. The term "frisbee" is a registered trademark of the Wham-O toy company, and thus the sport is not formally called "ultimate Frisbee"...

name for a children's toy manufactured from the 1970s through the 80s by Wham-O. It consisted of a tube of viscous plastic substance and a thin straw used...