{"id":2754,"date":"2010-11-17T14:39:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T19:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devwp.davison.com\/blog\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2010-11-17T14:39:49","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T19:39:49","slug":"oil-filter-gripper-still-on-the-market-after-17-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/blog\/oil-filter-gripper-still-on-the-market-after-17-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Filter Gripper still on the market after 17 years!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2756\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/oilgripper-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Oil Filter Gripper\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/products\/product_oilgripper.html\">Oil Filter Gripper<\/a>, first licensed in 1993 by Flo Tools International, was one of the first major successful products we designed for our clients. Myles and Lisa hired Davison to\u00a0research, redesign and develop the innovative tool, which went on to win a bronze IDEA (Industrial Design Excellence Award) in the Consumer Products \/ Professional Tools category in 1996.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2757\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2757 photo \" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Myles-Gerardot_Oil-Filter-Gripper-7-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Davison inventions\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Myles with Oil Filter Gripper and IDEA award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Oil Filter Gripper has had a great run and, after 17 years, it is still on the market and going strong. The product, which was designed by Davison&#8217;s VP of Inventegration,\u00a0enables\u00a0do-it-yourselfers to easily and neatly remove a hot and dirty oil filter.<\/p>\n<p>As can be seen on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/products\/product_oilgripper.html\">product page<\/a>, the Oil Filter Gripper\u00a0is now sold by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/FILTER-GRIPPER\/dp\/B001DKNPUI\/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1289418922&amp;sr=1-1\">Auto Alley <\/a>through Amazon.com, and it is still licensed by Flotool \/ Hopkins Mfg. Corp., which also continues to show it at trade shows, such as the AAPEX (Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Myles\u00a0has changed a little over the years,\u00a0but he is still a big fan of Davison and our unique 9-step process that turned his\u00a0dream into a reality. The Oil Filter Gripper, like the Davison Method, certainly has stood the test of time!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2766\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2766\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/inventor_oilgripper_gmd-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"George Davison inventor\" width=\"275\" height=\"194\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inventors, George Davison, VP of Design, 1993<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><!-- --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oil Filter Gripper, first licensed in 1993 by Flo Tools International, was one of the first major successful products we designed for our clients. Myles and Lisa hired Davison to\u00a0research, redesign and develop the innovative tool, which went on to win a bronze IDEA (Industrial Design Excellence Award) in the Consumer Products \/ Professional &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,64,37],"tags":[111,33,71,73,55],"class_list":["post-2754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-davison-news","category-featured-invention","category-product-news","tag-awards","tag-davison-inventions","tag-davison-product","tag-invention-idea","tag-product-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oil Filter Gripper still on the market after 17 years! - Davison<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Davison confidentially works with people to develop their new product ideas. 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