Joseph Friedman
Joseph Friedman · Technology & Engineering
Invented the bendy (flexible) drinking straw (patented 1937) after watching his little daughter struggle with a straight straw; founded the Flex-Straw Company
1900, Cleveland, Ohio, United States — 1982, United States
United States (Ohio, California)
Joseph Friedman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Invented the bendy (flexible) drinking straw (patented 1937) after watching his little daughter struggle with a straight straw; founded the Flex-Straw Company
Joseph B. Friedman was an American inventor who devised the bendable ('bendy') drinking straw after watching his young daughter struggle to drink from a straight straw at a soda fountain; he patented it in 1937 and founded the Flex-Straw Company to manufacture it. First adopted by hospitals for bedridden patients, the flexible straw became a ubiquitous everyday object. He was born to Jewish immigrant parents in Cleveland.
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Source: Wikipedia; Smithsonian Institution (Joseph B. Friedman papers)
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Invented the bendy (flexible) drinking straw (patented 1937) after watching his little daughter struggle with a straight straw; founded the Flex-Straw Company
Source: Wikipedia; Smithsonian Institution (Joseph B. Friedman papers)
