R.I.P Red Solo Cup

There are a heck of a lot of people who die every day and every year. Some are famous and others not so.
In our everyday lives we use items of consumption without giving a thought as to how they came about.


Today we are going to salute the inventor of an item we use on a daily basis, the inventor of the red solo cup

Robert Leo Hulseman, who invented the Red Solo Cup, such a popular party staple it even has its own hit song by Toby Keith, died December 21 age 84 surrounded by his large family in Northfield, Illinois.

Hulseman worked at Solo Cup Company for 60 years, according to his obituary.

Red Solo Cup investor Robert Leo Hulseman died at age 84

During that time, he invented the Red Solo Cup sometime in the 1970s. 

Part of the popularity of the cup, despite its eye-catching crimson color, making it stand out on a crowded table full of brown and green bottles of beer and wine - is its inside rings with 1.5 ounces for liquor, 5 ounces for wine and 12 ounces for beer

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4072480/Inventor-famous-Red-Solo-Cup-dies-84.html#ixzz4UHxhPG7D