History of the Lint Roller
In 1956 Nicholas McKay and his wife, Helen, were asked to chaperone a high school dance at the last minute. Nicholas had not taken his suit into the dry cleaners, so it was covered in lint. To improvise, he took the cardboard from a toilet paper roll, masking tape and wire to remove the lint from his suit. This was the first step in McKay’s invention of the lint roller. Later that year, after some more innovation, McKay submitted his invention into the patent office under the company name Helmac, which McKay partially named after his wife, Helen
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