Why an 1891 toilet paper patent is all over facebook.
The original patent for toilet paper.
New attention shines on an old patent as social media revives the great over or under toilet paper debate.
The patent reads this.
It also acts as a layer of protection for the hands during these processes.
The era of modern toilet paper was just getting started in the late 1800s.
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.
Google patent database the idea for perforated toilet paper was originally patented by wheeler s albany.
This patent from seth wheeler dates to 1887 and shows an early version of the toilet paper roll.
The 1891 patent from seth wheeler shows that the toilet paper should go up and over.
Advocates of the under position take note.
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.