What is Winston L. Shelton?
[[File:Winston Laverne Shelton Portrait.jpeg|thumb|200px|Winston L. Shelton]] '''Winston Laverne Shelton''' (May 3, 1922 – April 15, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[inventor]], [[engineer]] and [[businessman]]. He was awarded 76 [[patent]]s in the United States by himself or as part of a team. He started working at [[General Electric]] in 1948. His patents have impacted [[modern]] [[washing machine]]s and the [[fast food]] [[industry]]. He worked on creating more upgraded food service machines for [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]] (KFC). His washing machine patent for General Electric, (US 3257830 A),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=3257830&idkey=NONE&homeurl=http%3A%252F%252Fpatft.uspto.gov%252Fnetahtml%252FPTO%252Fpatimg.htm|title=US 3257830 A|access-date=April 16, 2019|publisher=[[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004057/http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=3257830&idkey=NONE&homeurl=http%3A%252F%252Fpatft.uspto.gov%252Fnetahtml%252FPTO%252Fpatimg.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> was referenced in over 40 patents afterwards. He founded Winston Industries, which was in use in more than 120 countries at the time of Shelton's death in 2019. Shelton was born in [[Lockwood, West Virginia|Lockwood]], [[West Virginia]]. His first wife died and he later remarried. He had three children. He died on April 15, 2019, at the age of 96.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wave3.com/2019/04/16/winston-shelton-prolific-engineer-inventor-ge-kfc-dies-age/|title=Winston Shelton: Prolific engineer, inventor for GE, KFC dies at age 96|first1=John P.|last1=Wise|first2=Laurel|last2=Mallory|work=WAVE|publisher=[[NBC]]|date=April 15, 2019|access-date=April 16, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shelton, Winston L.}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American electrical engineers]] [[Category:American inventors]] [[Category:Businesspeople from West Virginia]]