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Harry B. Burt (1875 – 1926) was an American confectioner who developed the ice-cream novelty known as the Good Humor bar.〔 〕 Burt is widely credited with revolutionalizing manufacturing, marketing, and distribution techniques for ice-cream products. Burt's former production plant and confectionery shop in Youngstown, Ohio, is regarded as a significant U.S. historical site.〔 The structure is currently being transformed into a center of local and regional history.〔 〕 == Product innovation == In 1920, when Burt was operating an ice-cream parlor and confectioner business in downtown Youngstown, he developed a chocolate coating that was "compatible" with ice cream.〔 According to testimony provided by his widow more than a decade after his death, Burt came up with the idea of inserting a wooden stick into a chocolate-covered bar of ice cream in either 1920 or 1921. This was at least a year before the appearance of the Good Humor bar's closest relative, the Eskimo Pie.〔 On January 30, 1922, Burt applied for patents that would cover the process and manufacturing apparatus as well as the product itself. In October 1923, he was granted patents for both the process and manufacturing equipment, but not for the product.〔 Sadly, this development opened the way for legal battles during the years to come. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Burt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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