Garrett Morgan's traffic signalIllustration from Garrett Morgan's patent for a three-position traffic signal; the patent was issued in 1923.(more) A real-life event also inspired his other significant safety invention: a manually operated T-shaped traffic signal. In the early 1920s Morgan observ...
Sold his traffic signal invention to General Electric for $40,000. Secured a patent for his safety hood in 1914. Often referred to himself as “the Black Edison.” Was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005. Garrett Morgan Items ...
Morgan took his turn at inventing a traffic signal. While other inventors had experimented with, marketed, and even patented traffic signals, Morgan was one of the first to apply for and acquire a U.S. patent for an inexpensive way to produce a traffic signal. The patent was granted on No...
Inventions: Traffic Light, Early Gas Mask, and More Getty Images Inventor Garrett Morgan One of Morgan’s first inventions involved the sewing machine. After learning the inner workings of the machines and how to fix them at his factory jobs, Morgan obtained a patent for an improved sewing mac...