Brillo Pad
The Brillo Pad was invented in the early 1900s by a cookware peddler and his brother-in-law, a jeweller, as a solution to cleaning blackened cookware.
After demand for the product took off, they offered New York lawyer Milton Loeb a share of the profits in exchange for assistance in protecting their invention, a "scouring pad" made of fine steel wool and jeweler's rouge. Loeb obtained a patent in 1913 under the trademark Brillo, from the Latin word for "bright."
1917 The Brillo Manufacturing Co was selling packaged boxes of six pads and a separate bar of soap.
1930s The soap began to be sold with the soap contained within the pad.
1962 The company merged with Purex Industries.
1985 The Dial Corporation bought Purex Industries.
1997 The Dial Corporation sold Brillo to Church and Dwight.
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Brillo website
Sources of Information
- [2] Wikipedia