For all this assistance, Quirky assumes the patents on the product, but pays a perpetual royalty to the inventor. Its biggest success story to date has been Pivot Power, a snaking power strip that ...

Quirky's in-house design team has more than $2 million worth of prototyping equipment: 3D printers, CNC milling machines, vacuum-forming machines—the works. Staff experts handle patent questions ...

When "invention machine" Quirky launched in 2009, it made a name for itself hocking plastic utensils and cord organizers—designed by you, for you. But ...

Perseverance can indeed pay off. Just ask Garthen Leslie. For years, the 60-year-old Columbia resident has been trying to sell his invention ideas: a skateboard with an odometer and a speedometer, … ...

After a long life of quirky fame, the late Newberg, Ore., resident Frances Gabe has attracted new attention — this time from The New York Times.