Invention: The Disposable Diaper Fed up with the messiness that came with soiled cloth diapers, Fort Wayne, Indiana, mother Marion Donovan began inventing what would eventually become the disposable diaper. Donovans first invention came in the late 1940s when she took a shower curtain and sewed it into a waterproof cloth diaper cover. After the product was panned by manufacturers, she continued to improve on the design including adding plastic snaps and branding the item as the boater. Finally, Donovan was able to sell the product to Saks Fifth Avenue and later sold her company, along with the patents, to the Keko Corporation for a cool $1 million. In 1961, Victor Mills used the product as inspiration to create the first disposable diapers, Pampers.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 01:40:24 +0000
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