Stanley Mason, 84, Prolific Inventor
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Stanley Mason, who died December 6 at 84, invented an astonishing array of household items, including the disposable diaper, the squeezable ketchup bottle, the granola bar, microwave cookware, Mentadent foaming toothpaste, self-heating shaving cream, the “Wow” Playtex plastic underwire bra, and a cluttered attic of others.
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