Frisbee Plastics, the original molder. After learning that he could produce his own disc more cheaply, in 1955 Morrison designed a new model, the Pluto Platter, the archetype of all modern flying discs. He sold the rights to Wham-O on January 23, 1957, and in 1958 Morrison was awarded U.S. Design Patent D183,626 for his product. In June 1957, Wham-O co-founders Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin gave the disc the brand name "Frisbee" (pronounced "friz'-bee") after learning that Northeastern college students were calling the Pluto Platter by that term, which derived from the name of the Connecticut-based pie manufacturer, Frisbie
Morrison (surname) IV state visit to Scotland in 1822 Sir Walter Scott encouraged Scottish clans and families to once again wear tartan, and along with this fervour of Scottish romanticism came the invention of many myths to add glamour to family origins. Two prominent falsehoods have become popular to Morrison clan followers. One relates to the Gaelic translation of Morrison and the other concerns Viking origins. Firstly, the commonly quoted proposition that the Gaelic spelling of Morrison is a translation of MacGilliemhuire is “baseless”. Black makes the observation that “Equally baseless is the modern idea that “Morison” interpreted as “Mary’s son,” represents