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Chester Greenwood (4 December 1858 – 5 July 1937) was an American engineer and inventor, known for inventing the earmuffs in 1873. [1] He reportedly came up with the idea while ice skating and he asked his grandmother to sew tufts of fur between loops of wire. [ 2 ]
Maine native and lifelong inventor Chester Greenwood helped to alleviate one of the most persistent of discomforts associated with brutal winter weather with his invention of earmuffs in 1873. Born in Farmington, Maine on December 8, 1858, Greenwood was one of six children and was raised on his family’s farm.
It's a story about the myth of Chester Greenwood. On this day in 1877, this young man from Farmington, Maine, patented his simple invention: earmuffs. Greenwood, who first had the idea for this...
2 Μαρ 2016 · For the last 39 years in the state of Maine, the first day of winter has also been known as Chester Greenwood Day, in honor of the man (boy, at the time) who invented the modern-day earmuff in...
5 Ιουλ 2018 · Biography: Chester Greenwood was an American inventor best known for creating the earmuff. Greenwood patented the "ear protector" in 1877, when he was only 19 years old. The story goes that he came up with the idea while ice skating in winter and his ears started to freeze.
Chester Greenwood (1858 – 1937) was a Farmington entrepreneur who became famous as the inventor of ear muffs. An inventor for the ordinary man, he could look at a labor intensive job and then figure out how to get it done more simply and comfortably.
Chester Greenwood was born in Farmington, Maine in 1858. A grammar school dropout, he invented earmuffs at the age of 15 (1873). While testing a new pair of ice skates, he grew frustrated at trying to protect his ears from the bitter cold.
