Crumbine took an invention known as the Fly Bat — a screen attached to a yardstick — and renamed it the Fly Swatter, which became the generic term we use today. He died in New York City in 1954.
The inventor Crumbine transformed his creation known as the Fly Bat into the Fly Swatter, a name that has stuck as our everyday expression. He died in New York City in 1954.