With a fresh blanket of snow about to cover much of the state, it’s time recognize one of the greatest inventions in New Jersey: the steerable sled. In the 1889, Samuel Leeds Allen lived in ...

We didn’t test any sleds with metal runners because such designs are best for a hard-packed, almost icy snow and don’t do well in other conditions. The model from Flexible Flyer looks nice and ...

But none proved to be as iconic as his patent for the first steerable sled, which he called the Flexible Flyer. “The flexibility is really the meat and potatoes of it,” said Samuel Leeds Allen ...