BIRTH OF A PIN
Waa waa. Honey. Quick. The baby is crying. I need to change him. I need a diaper. I need a safety pin. Sorry toots. No safety pins. They have not been invented yet. And so time passed, till April 10, 1849, when a chap named Walter Hunt took a piece of 8 inch wire, bent it in half, created a circular twist at the bend to act as a spring, including a clasp to cover the point, and voila, a patent was issued on April 10, 1849, and the safety pin was born. Hunt sold his invention to W.R. Grace and Company for $400 (that’s about $15,000 as of 2023), after which W.R. Grace and Company made millions.