What is International Safety Pin Day?
PIN DAY IS THE DAY OF INTERNATIONAL SAFETY PIN DAY.
On April 10, the International Safety Pin day is always observed to mark the date on which Walter Hunt invented the safety pin.
The ubiquitous safety pin is also known by other names: baby pin, nappy pin, loincloth pin, and diaper pin.
The patent was not a new development in itself. Similar items made from bone, ivory, silver, gold, or brass have been found in ancient Greek and Roman sites' archaeological finds of bone, ivory, silver, gold, or brass.
Walter Hunt's "dress pin" was supposed to pop open and had a clasp covering the point of preventing the injuries that straight pins caused. It was also known as the safety pin for this reason.
