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Chester Greenwood
Ear Muffs
- Chester Greenwood invented earmuffs at the age of
15 (1873).
- While testing a new pair of ice skates, he was trying to
protect his ears from the bitter cold. After wrapping his head in a
scarf, which was too bulky and itchy, he made two ear-shaped loops from
wire and asked his grandmother to sew fur on them.
- He patented an
improved model with a steel band which held them in place and with
Greenwood’s Champion Ear Protectors, he established
Greenwood’s Ear Protector Factory.
- Cold ears? Warm them up with a kid invented product!
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