The image smiley face was created in 1963 by American artist Harvey Ball who patented it for $ 45. Then two brothers, Bernard and Murray Spain realized that behind this innocent face there was a huge potential in marketing. They earned about $ 50 million by selling the license of the drawing.

One of the most famous toys in the world. Richard James came up with the idea of ​​doing something after seeing a spring onto the floor. That and then to add color, James and his family were not so banal won the sum of $ 250 million.

The idea of ​​creating the Velcro occurred to George de Mestral after seeing thistles thorns under a microscope. He was surprised by the ability of small thistles had to adhere to almost any situation. Now the invention of Mestral sells about $ 100 million a year.

Straws has been used since time immemorial to drink, and until relatively recently, their appearance had not changed practically nothing. One day someone wanted to get your child to drink milk or juice instead of cola and a pipe deformed to make it more fun and straws were these famous worldwide for over a decade.

Kids love teddy bears and soft toys. Jennifer Telfer One day he realized that his son liked to use as a pillow stuffed animals and realized that he had prepared a whole niche market for toys also serve to sleep comfortably. The result: stuffed animals that are the best companions dream of children and some adults.

Alex Tew managed to win nearly a million dollars with a really unique idea. The then aspiring college student was looking for a way to pay for their education and thought of selling advertising space on your home web page. Each pixel cost one dollar. The idea was endorsed by hundreds of businessmen who bought a place in history for just a few dollars.

Bears and stuffed animals have been popular for quite some time and are a perfect toy that has virtually no risk to children besides allergy. Ty Warner created a new type of allergy balls stuffed dolls also were not sold in chain stores and advertised as collectibles. With his simple invention Ty Warner has won several million dollars.

The "snuggie" are very simple and very popular. With its friendly advertising became a cult and although no one knows for sure how much has earned Scott Boilen (its creator), it is known that the first year more than 20 million units were sold.

Another toy that became popular in a short time but then went out of fashion in recent years rings have reawakened the interest of the people. Throughout its history has sold more than 100 million hoops and the idea of ​​its creation designers came to see children playing with hoops of bamboo raw materials replaced with plastic. Modification made millionaires.

The bottles were reversed in 1991. Paul Brown, the creator managed to sell to producers shampoo, to NASA and even the Heinz company has successfully used this type of bottles to package their products for years. The patented bottle became so popular that in 1995, Brown sold his company and production rights for $ 14 million

Present in each kit, it is one of the basics in first aid: protects the wound from infection and makes it easier healing. It was created in 1920 by one of the workers and researchers from Johnson & Johnson after his wife became a small cut while preparing a meal. Today the bandages are sold in industrial quantities.

Despite not take long on the market, this type of footwear is very popular worldwide and at first no one could even imagine that the crocs would welcome such would be a fashion and faithful companions of doctors, nurses , housewives and many others who see them as a comfortable and beautiful choice. They were initially created for use in beauty salons but seeing the blockbuster creators decided that would not be worth close to the rest of the market and earn millions of dollars.

Although it is only a piece of paper with a line of adhesive that is easily attached to other superfices, the success of this invention does not give or a step back. The idea appeared by coincidence Spence Silver was developing a kind of ultra-durable glue and created one easy sticking to other surfaces but took off almost as easily. Thus they were born the sticky notes and bank account Dr. Silver fattened in a billion dollars.