Weed Eater
Houston, Texas | |
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| Website | www.weedeater.com |
Weed Eater is a
Houston, Texas by George C. Ballas, Sr.
, the inventor of the device.
The idea for the Weed Eater trimmer came to him from the spinning nylon bristles of an automatic car wash. He thought that he could come up with a similar technique to protect the bark on trees that he was trimming around.
His company was eventually bought by
Husqvarna AB in 2006.[1]
Inventor Ballas was the father of champion
George Ballas died on June 25, 2011.[3]
References
- ^ Timeline: Husqvarna
- ^ Wozny, Nancy. "H-Town's Own Dance Man: Mark Ballas opens up on the naive miracle of Bristol Palin & his John Mayer ways", CultureMap Houston, December 13, 2010. WebCitation archive.
- ^ See "Weed Eater inventor dies at 85," June 29, 2011, Associated Press, as published by the Lake Charles American Press, at [1].