
Earmuffs for Everyone
by Meghan McCarthy
How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs
When Chester Greenwood was 19, he applied for a patent from the U.S. government. He had an idea for better ear muffs. With a patent in hand, the young inventor maintained the sole rights to sell or make his product. Sixty years later, stories began to circulate about Greenwood. Eventually fact became difficult to extract from fiction. The inventor would have his day, even though he never saw it.
37th annual Chester Greenwood Day in Farmington, Maine