Kellogg invented flaked cereals to prevent kids from masturbating. (This day in Patent History – May 31).
Patent Details:
Patent Title – Flaked cereals and process of preparing same
Patent Number – US 558393 A
Publication date – 14 Apr 1896
Filing date – 31 May 1895
Inventors – John Harvey Kellogg
Patent Abstract:
The invention relates to flaked cereals and to the process of making it. Flaked cereals are produced in a proper condition to be readily digested without any preliminary cooking or heating operation. The cereals are highly nutritive and of an agreeable taste, thus affording a food product particularly well adapted for sick and convalescent persons.
