Arthur Ehrat, history of his invention
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ehrat, Arthur
label: Collection Creator
content: Fleckner, John A., 1941-
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content: Arthur Ehrat Papers
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content: Arthur Ehrat Papers / Series 1 : Background Materials / 1.1: Ehrat History
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Total Running Time 77:11 )
unitdate: label: Date
content: February 25, 2005
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 2, Video OV 907.1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Moving Images
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content: Videocassettes (vhs)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: At the beginning of the tape and at 48:00, Ehrat holds up rim prototypes he made in the mid-1970s and explains the springs and hinges and how they are welded. At two times on the tape, he holds up facsimiles of photographs (see Series 1, Subseries 2) and discusses what's in them. He shows an inventory list for Snell Bros. from the mid-1970s of items he purchased to make the first prototypes (see Series 1, Folder 5). Ehrat also discusses how the National Basketball Association tested his and Kenneth Mahoney's (president of Toss Back) rims and chose Mahoney's.

At 49:00, the tape cuts to a television news interview with Ehrat at the Chicago Board of Trade, regarding his basketball and field spreader patents.

The video goes back to Ehrat at 55:00, and then cuts out at 77:11.