Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A child plays with her Hula Hoop. The toy inspired a craze that was a spectacular success for the Wham-O company in 1958. Balls, ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) – Wham-O says its trademarked toys have not become generic, in arguing against challenges to its Frisbee, Hula Hoop, Slip ‘N Slide and Superball trademarks. It seeks to enforce an ...

Wham-O, the manufacturer of the Frisbee, the Hula Hoop and other venerable toys, was sold this week to a Hong Kong distributor that plans to expand the Emeryville company, the parties said Thursday.

LOS ANGELES — Richard "Rich" Knerr is being remembered this week for creating a multimillion-dollar company out of slingshots, flying saucers and spinning hoops. Knerr and his partner, Wham-O ...

Richard Knerr, co-founder of Wham-O Inc., which unleashed the granddaddy of American fads, the Hula Hoop, on the world half a century ago along with another enduring leisure icon, the Frisbee, has ...

In recent articles, I described some of the most popular baby boomer toys that are still available today, 60 plus years later. The post World War II time was often described as the Golden Era of Toys.

Richard Knerr (pronounced nur), who with partner Arthur Melin had a talent for turning seemingly quirky ideas like the Hula Hoop, the Frisbee and the SuperBall into national passions, died from ...

Toys date back to prehistoric times, when children fashioned sticks, rocks and clay into playthings. More sophisticated toys appeared in Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. But it wasn’t until the ...

In the age of the Xbox and Wii, toys like the Hula Hoop, the Slip 'N Slide, and the Frisbee seem almost prehistorically quaint. But the litigation surrounding those fabled brands is anything but. Over ...

Balls, hoops, slingshots are some of the oldest known toys. Also some of the simplest. No batteries, computer skills or assembly required. But make them out of sturdy polyethylene, color them boldly, ...