It also acts as a layer of protection for the hands during these processes.
The original patent for toilet paper.
This patent from seth wheeler dates to 1887 and shows an early version of the toilet paper roll.
Why an 1891 toilet paper patent is all over facebook.
Google patent database the idea for perforated toilet paper was originally patented by wheeler s albany.
Toilet paper sometimes called toilet roll toilet tissue or loo roll in britain is a tissue paper product primarily used to clean the anus and surrounding area of feces after defecation and to clean the perineal area of urine after urination or other bodily fluid releases.
The patent reads this.
The era of modern toilet paper was just getting started in the late 1800s.
The 1891 patent from seth wheeler shows that the toilet paper should go up and over.
It is usually supplied as a long strip of.
According to an 1891 patent by new york businessman seth wheeler the end of a toilet paper roll should be on the outside or in the over position.
New attention shines on an old patent as social media revives the great over or under toilet paper debate.