2006-10-12 15:20:33 · 12 answers · asked by I-C-U 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Q-Tips® were invented in the 1920's by a Polish-born American named Leo Gerstenzang.
I wish i invented them. So simple yet so perfect lol.
2006-10-12 15:24:30 · answer #1 · answered by lynx_reborn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who Invented The Q Tip
2016-11-09 19:08:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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who invented the Q-Tip?
2015-08-16 16:52:41 · answer #3 · answered by Alison 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Q-tips are probably the best-known brand of cotton swabs in Canada and the United States. Q-tip brand cotton swabs are manufactured by Unilever. Most commonly they are used for cleaning ears (though entering the ear canal to remove earwax is no longer advised, as stated on the package) or applying medicine or makeup.
They were first produced in 1923 after Leo Gerstenzang, the original founder of the Q-tips Company, observed his wife adding cotton to toothpicks to clean their baby's ears. It was originally called Baby Gays and in 1926 was changed to Q-tips Baby Gays. Later the name Baby Gays was dropped. The "Q" in the name stands for quality.
"Q-tip" has become a genericized trademark in much of Canada and the United States (people refer to any brand of cotton swab as a Q-tip) In the UK, they are simply referred to as 'cotton buds'.
2006-10-13 05:13:16 · answer #4 · answered by Janette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leo Gerstenzang
2006-10-12 20:55:29 · answer #5 · answered by Lynn Rosemary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leo Gerstenzang
2006-10-12 15:23:51 · answer #6 · answered by chrisswhite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Q. Public
2006-10-12 15:27:58 · answer #7 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't Leo get the idea from his wife? She would wrap cotton around a needle to clean their baby's ears or nose and that made him nervous thinking that she was going to stick the baby.
2006-10-12 15:48:29 · answer #8 · answered by Diane N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curtis Q. Cottonswab
2006-10-12 15:29:49 · answer #9 · answered by Briantology 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean the cotton swab,it was Leo Gerstenzang in 1923.
2006-10-12 15:26:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋