Cotton swabs under the brand name of Q-Tips were invented in 1923 by a Polish-born American named Leo Gerstenzang. The inventor was also the founder of the Leo Gerstenzang Infant Novelty Company that marketed his new invention.
Leo Gerstenzang decided to create a pre-manufactured cotton swab after observing his wife wrapping a piece of cotton on the end of a toothpick. Q-Tips was not the first brand name Gertenzang used for his cotton swabs, Baby Gays was. In 1926, the name Baby Gays was expanded to Q-Tips Baby Gays, and later the Baby Gays part of the name was dropped.
Leo Gerstenzang decided to create a pre-manufacture
Uses:
- getting nail polish off the sides of your nail
- gluing stuff
- cleaning small things
- painting
- building
- dusting small spaces
- arts and crafts
- applying makeup
- medical swabs are used to collect DNA
- Cotton swabs were also used widely when video game systems such as the Nintendo 64 were commonly found in houses because of their ability to clean the cartridges.
- They also make a medical Q-tip and when you use it it injects medicine into the cotton
- RANDOM FACTS
- In the UK, Q-tips are called Cottonbuds
- The Q in Q-tips stands for quality
- The label on a package says not to stick in ear canal
- There is an Amercian Rapper nad Band that go by this name
