Tim Leatherman

Brett Stern

Chapter Chapter 14 in Inventors at Work, 2012, pp 177-191 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Tim Leatherman was born in Portland, Oregon, and is a mechanical engineering graduate of Oregon State University. Leatherman was inspired to design his folding tool while he and his wife traveled overseas in 1975, often attempting to use a simple pocketknife to repair their repeatedly malfunctioning car or leaky hotel plumbing. He spent several years perfecting the prototype and received his first US patent (4,238,862) in 1980.

Keywords: Class Action Lawsuit; Welding Product; Tool Company; Pocket Knife; Shirt Pocket (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4302-4507-0_14

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