2007-08-02 18:37:16 · 6 answers · asked by darcyaf1 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Albert J. Parkhouse, an employee of Timberlake Wire and Novelty Company in Jackson, Michigan, created a coat hanger in 1903, in response to co-workers’ complaints of too few coat hooks. He bent a piece of wire into two ovals with the ends twisted together to form a hook. Parkhouse patented his invention, but it is not known if he profited from it.
2007-08-02 18:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who Invented Clothes Hangers
2016-12-10 16:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Some historians believe President Thomas Jefferson invented the wooden clothes hanger.However, today's most used hanger, the wire hanger, was inspired by a coat hook that was invented in 1869 by O. A. North of New Britain, Connecticut. An employee of the Timberlake Wire and Novelty Company, Albert J. Parkhouse of Jackson, Michigan has also been credited with the invention.
In 1906 Meyer May , a men's clothier of Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first retailer to display his wares on his wishbone-inspired hangers. Some of these original hangers can be seen at the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Meyer May House in Grand Rapids.
In 1932, Schuyler C. Hulett patented an improved design, which used cardboard tubes mounted on the upper and lower parts of the wire to prevent wrinkles, and in 1935, Elmer D. Rogers added a tube on the lower bar, which is still used"
2007-08-02 18:54:22 · answer #3 · answered by Krystal J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Monice Clos`sea....a French man....he wanted to make more space in the home for wardrobe parts in the bedroom as he saw the coming inception of Television!! 1865....quite a ways off from the TV!
2007-08-02 18:45:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got the "why" down!
To hang clothes!
2007-08-02 18:55:23 · answer #5 · answered by Coach McGuirk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some guy in canada,probly, cuz he wuz bored. or it couldve been dubwa bush
2007-08-02 18:46:05 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋