The invention that most people know me for is the Super Soaker water gun. I knew the gun ... going to cost about $200,000 to get the first thousand guns produced. And I thought to myself, I ...

and helped test the first stealth bomber. However, as he explains here, the invention that made his fortune was a water pistol — the extremely powerful Super Soaker.

The invention that most people know me for is the Super Soaker water gun. My career started ... going to cost about $200,000 to get the first thousand guns produced. And I thought to myself ...

The Super Soaker also racked up more than $1 billion ... It would cost $200,000 to make the first 1,000 water guns. He had figured that a marvelous invention wouldn't need a sales pitch ...