Leeds was no "one-hit wonder" with his sled invention. Over the course of 40 years, he was awarded nearly 300 patents for designs of farm and maintenance equipment in addition to the Flexible ...

A $13 sled wasn’t even on the Foley family radar. Not a blip. Whining, although irritating to the observer, had sometimes paid dividends for me, albeit maybe a quarter to go to the movies.

MOORESTOWN – The sleds seem to have a personality of their own. One, the Model No. 6, stands 8 1 / 2 feet tall; one has a Mickey Mouse design; there's a Fire Fly Model No. 10a, built from 1890 ...

This is especially true for the few people who are still riding the old wooden Flexible Flyer sleds. News 12 Staff • Feb 19, 2021, 1:39 PM • Updated 1,451 days ago Share: ...

In 2005, Paricon acquired the Flexible Flyer brand, a competitor from back in the day. Among vintage-sled enthusiasts, Speedaways and Flexible Flyers are known as the Ford and Chevy of 20th-century ...

The older rare "Flexible Flyer" sleds can go from $50 in value on up, depending on condition. Example: A 1915 "Flexible Flyer-Tuxedo" racer sled still can bring up to $1,000 in excellent condition.

Flexible Flyer went downhill – in the business sense – for a time, but today the legendary sled brand is thriving in the hands of a family that spent generations competing against it. Only A ...

For the Flexible Flyer, the corporate unraveling began sooner, initially with the sale of S.L. Allen Co. in 1968 to Leisure Group of Los Angeles.

A Flexible Flyer sled from 1936 from the permanent collection of The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis. In the late 19th century Samuel Leeds Allen took the age-old concept of the sled and improved ...