Samuel Leeds Allen | |
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| Born | May 5, 1841 |
| Died | March 28, 1918 (aged 76) |
| Occupation(s) | Farmer Inventor Manufacturer |
| Spouse | Sarah Hooton Roberts |
| Children | Elizabeth Roberts Allen Henry Gibbons Allen Anna W. Roberts Allen Susan Janney Allen Charles Jackson Allen Emily Hooton Allen |
| Parent(s) | John Casdorp Allen Rebecca Smith Leeds |
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Samuel Leeds Allen (May 5, 1841 – March 28, 1918) was the founder of S.L. Allen & Company in Philadelphia. He was the inventor of, and his company manufactured, both the Flexible Flyer sled and Planet Jr farm and garden equipment. For over one hundred years these products were the best selling and most famous market gardening tools and American sleds.[1] During his lifetime and for the first half of the 20th century S.L. Allen was far more renowned for his company's seed drills and cultivating equipment than the sleds.