Alfred L. Cralle, is granted a patent for the first ice cream scoop, on February 2, 1897. Cralle, an African American businessman and inventor noticed ice cream servers having difficulty getting the confection into the cone since the ice cream tended to stick to spoons and ladles, requiring the server to use two hands and at least two separate implements to serve customers.
The invention solved a real problem and spread so quickly that people soon forgot or never knew, Cralle as the inventor, so he was able to profit from his invention. More
