A Fridge or refrigerator magnet is an ornament attached to a magnet that is used to post items such as shopping lists or report cards on a refirgerator, or simply to decorate the refrigerator. Refrigerator magnets come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, including for example, images die-cut to a specific shape or tiny plastic sculptures of fruits. Refrigerator magnets are a relatively popular object of collectors. The first refrigerator magnet patent was obtained by William Zimmerman of St. Louis Missouri, in the early 1970s. Zimmerman patented the idea of small, colored, cartoon magnets... |
