Frat-house frolics became a national obsession when Wham-O Manufacturing Co. of California began producing the Pluto Platter — soon renamed the Frisbee — on this day in history, Jan. 23, 1957. "The ...

Wham-O Inc. is putting a new spin on the Frisbee, the flying disks that have twirled through parks, hovered above playgrounds and wafted in the ocean air for nearly 50 years. Backed by a major ...

Emeryville's Wham-O Inc., the maker of the storied Frisbee, Hula Hoop and Hacky Sack, is hot on the trail of two rival toy companies that have allegedly produced knockoffs of its popular flying disc, ...

Finding a Frisbee on the beach? It's a discovery that can feel as common, and as local, as coming across an interesting shell or bit of kelp, at least around Southern California. After all, Wham-O, ...

LOS ANGELES — Life was once an easy summer breeze for Wham-O. The Southern California toy outfit, founded in a South Pasadena garage shortly after World War II, churned out Frisbees like pancakes and ...

AARHUS, Denmark & WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kiloo Games launches Frisbee® Forever today – a fast-paced flying game experience for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The Frisbee® has sold ...

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 ...

Just before he died, the man who made the Frisbee soar and who was called the father of disc golf said he wanted his ashes to be mixed into new copies of the famous plastic flying disc. And his family ...

61 years ago, the executives of Wham-O Inc. acquired the rights to a flying disk they called the Frisbee®. Now, the same company claims it’s reinvented the damn thing with a wobbly-looking toy called ...

If there's one thing the iPhone needs -- and we mean exactly one thing -- it's clearly a Frisbee app. Er, Frisbee® app. Not a legitimate Gmail app. Not a new notification system. A Frisbee® app. As ...