Who Invented the Sippy Cup?
Wednesday June 9, 2004
Monica R. wrote to me with the following inquiry, "Who invented the sippy cup?"
Monica, Richard Belanger invented the sippy cup, which he later licensed to Platex. Playtex manufacturers and sells its cups under the tradename of "Sipster". The sippy cup is a spillproof drinking cup designed for tots. Richard Belanger now serves as a design engineer at Adhesive Machinery, a company he helped form, and has been issued several patents related to glue guns.
Monica, Richard Belanger invented the sippy cup, which he later licensed to Platex. Playtex manufacturers and sells its cups under the tradename of "Sipster". The sippy cup is a spillproof drinking cup designed for tots. Richard Belanger now serves as a design engineer at Adhesive Machinery, a company he helped form, and has been issued several patents related to glue guns.
Comments
Yes, but WHEN did he patent it?
i am also interested in when the patent was processed.
What year was the sippy cup invented?
Did he know that this invention would be implicated in cauing speech development problems? I’m glad I’m old enough to have learned to drink from a regular cup.
I have one of the orginal sippy cups still in the orginal bag. It came From TIDY TIKES div of Blenanger Ind, Inc Hampton Falls NH
i cant believe its not a sippy cup
yes you can
yes you can foo
NO I CAN’T!!!!!
NO I CAN’T!!!!!
get better at football
hey my sippy cup is still in use and i bought it in 1958
when and where was it invented?
Did you know Richard Belanger was once captain of a small passenger boat? This would lead me to the conclusion that he may prefer to be referred to as Capt. Richard Belanger, or perhaps simply “The Captain,” if you’re into the whole brevity thing.