Hunt's brass "dress pin" has evolved into the commonplace safety pin we know today. Courtesy Haragayato 1849: A New York inventor receives a patent for the spring safety pin. He invented it ...

As Hunt wrote in the patent, “Another great advantage unknown in other plans is found in the perfect convenience of inserting these into the dress, without danger of bending the pin, or wounding ...

You'll never look at a safety pin the same ... Specifically, Hunt was reportedly trying to pay off ... And that’s how the safety pin was born. He drew up a patent for his invention and sold ...

Hunt designed the safety pin (top image) in three hours to settle a $15 debt to one of the many draftsman he tasked with drawing up his patents.

In 1849 US mechanic Walter Hunt (1796-1859) filed patent 6,281 for “a pin made of one piece of wire or metal combining a spring, and clasp or catch”, – if he had helpfully added that the ...

Safety pins haven’t always been used to end racism and bigotry. Turns out they have quite a history! They were invented in 1849 by a poor, sad American named Walter Hunt, who needed to pay off a ...

Walter Hunt was an inventor who didn't know how to seize the ... (a precursor of the Winchester) in 1849. And he beat Charles Rowley, who got a British patent for a safety pin on Oct. 12 that year.