Robert Davol Budlong (1902–1955) was an American industrial designer from Denver, Colorado.
[1] He designed many of Zenith's pre-war portable radios, and virtually their entire "Trans-Oceanic" line.
Although Zenith wanted him to work full-time as an employee, and head an in-house industrial design group, Budlong wished to remain independent to retain other clients.
For Sunbeam, he designed the T-20 Toaster in 1950 - a newer type of appliance that lowered bread automatically, and raised itself silently when done - and worked with Sunbeam staff designer Ivar Jepson on the "Shavemaster" (1950) electric shaver.
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