Some of his ideas were ahead of their time . When he thought of car air bags back in 1957 , the car industry of the time lacked technology to allow the implementation of this revolutionary innovation .
I WILL BE AN INVENTOR
He was convinced that to have the slightest chance of a successful invention , one needs to observe people and the world around , giving them what they need and are willing to pay for . He experienced both incredible success and bitter failure from which he learnt valuable lessons . His first invention was a hand loom that could be operated by the disabled people . He patented it during his stay at the internment center in Bern and sold the patent for serious money . At that point he decided to be an inventor by profession . Of about 400 patents , he realized 43 .
If it had not been for Florjančič , women would not be able to spray perfumes nor apply nail polish elegantly . Photographers loved his plastic slide frames , and businessmen appreciated a plastic injection-molding machine . In his exciting career , he worked with some prominent foreign companies , such as Guerlain , Elizabeth Arden , Coco Chanel , Kodak , Fuji , AGFA , Babcock , Battenfeld , Bussman , Melitta , as well as local , including LEK and Paloma .
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