verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message patton design inc. is an industrial design engineering software and hardware and prototyping consultancy based in irvine california . 1 the firm was founded in 1983 by california state university at long beach alumnus doug patton . company staff appeared on the abc television series american inventor and represented the million dollar winner with the anecia survival capsule child safety seat the second place winner with the wordace children s game and the third place winner with the catch elite football receiver trainer . 2 patton design is a patron member of the industrial designers society of america and has won seventeen industrial design excellence awards . citation needed references edit 1 dead link innovation firm inventing dreams . orange county register . 11 may 2006 . external links edit official website 2 3 4 5 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title patton design & oldid 738717705 categories companies established in 1983companies based in irvine californiacomputer hardware companiessoftware companies based in californiaindustrial design firmshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from december 2014articles needing additional references from december 2014all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 17 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view