What's in a Name, Donald Weder

If you have ever enjoyed an Easter basket with plastic eggs and grass, then you can thank Donald Weder, the man who invented both. Weder not only holds the patents on these holiday staples, he also holds a total of 1,413 U.S. patents, including ones for water-based inks, flower-pot covers, and decorative wrappers. That is more than Thomas Edison, who held just 1,093 U.S. patents.