1991: bottles turn upside down
POSTED: March 6, 2020
While talking to a group of students about how innovations can take very simple forms I wondered to myself who invented the upside down bottle and when.
I found one possible answer: Heinz introduced the upside down ketchup bottle on February 11 2002.
However further research (or ten minutes more googling until I found the right search term – “history” upside down shampoo bottle if you want to know) told me that
Paul Brown invented the upside-down bottle in 1991 and sold his invention to NASA, Heinz, and several shampoo manufacturers. He later sold his company, Liquid Molding Systems, Inc., and the rights to the design in 1995. He received $14 million and retired.
You can find a much more detailed version of his story at boxden.com.
"Mwaka 1991 chupa zilipobadilishwa na kuwa ""upside down"" (upande wa chini) na wakati nilipokuwa nikizungumza na kikundi cha wanafunzi kuhusu jinsi uvumbuzi unavyoweza kuchukua maumbo rahisi sana, nilijiuliza ni nani aliyevumbua chupa iliyobadilishwa na ni lini." Heinz ilianzisha chupa ya ketchup iliyoelekezwa chini mnamo Februari 11, 2002. "Kwa hivyo, utafiti zaidi (au dakika kumi zaidi ya kutafiti Google hadi nilipopata neno la utafutaji sahihi ""historia"" chupa ya shampoo iliyoinuliwa chini ikiwa unataka kujua) iliniambia kwamba Paul Brown alivumbua chupa ya shampoo iliyoinuliwa chini mnamo 1991 na kuuza uvumbuzi wake kwa NASA, Heinz, na wazalishaji kadhaa wa shampoo." Mwaka 1995 aliuza kampuni yake ya Liquid Molding Systems Inc. na haki za kubuni. Alipata dola milioni 14 na kustaafu. Unaweza kupata maelezo zaidi ya hadithi yake kwenye box.com.