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INVENTOR of the MONTH
Lamont Morris: Toy Innovator
 Lamont
Morris holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute
of Art. After graduation he was hired by the toy creation firm of Marvin
Glass & Associates in Chicago. Two and a half years later in 1988 he
was hired by Hasbro, where he has worked ever since. He is employed in the
Advance Concepts Department as a product design manager.
Morris holds five patents for toy products that he invented or developed
innovations for. Four patents are assigned to Hasbro and one is assigned
to Marvin Glass & Associates:
- An upgraded version of the Real Meal Oven by Easy Bake
- The Travel Lite Brite picture maker
- Play-Doh Compound Extruder
- Interactive Dance Ring
- Rotating Ring and Character Toy (Marvin Glass/Fisher Price)
Lamont Morris was born in 1958 in Shaker Heights, Ohio the youngest of
three children. Morris’ early inspiration was the renaissance inventor
and painter Leonard da Vinci and the musician and guitar player Jimi Hendrix.
While in Chicago (1986-1988) Morris was inspired by the charismatic Oprah
Winfrey. “I felt that I could make a difference in my chosen field
the way she was making in her profession,” he says. And between these
unrelated influences, Leonardo da Vinci, Jimi Hendrix, and Oprah Winfrey,
I am grateful to have been inspired in some way by their talents and creative
energy.”
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