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Chester Greenwood, who had invented the earmuff in 1873, at the age of fifteen, reportedly came up with the idea while ice skating, and had had his grandmother sew tufts of fur between loops of wire.
He is awarded patent #188,292 on March 13, 1877.
He will manufacture these ear protectors, providing jobs for people in the Farmington, Maine, area for nearly sixty years.