Pogo Sticks

POGO STICKS

Pogo Sticks

The origins of the pogo stick are uncertain, with similar contraptions appearing ever since the end of the 19^th century, but it was in 1919 that George B  Hansburg paid for the patented for his pogo stick

Hansburg delighted in telling the story of a Burmese girl whose father invented a jump and stick to enable her to safely travel to church.

The girls name was, so Hansburg deal went, was pogo, but however this device got its name, it has proved to be a classic toy.

The first batch of pogo sticks, were made of wood, and rotted their way to the USA from Germany. 

Pogo Sticks

Thankfully, this potential disaster merely prompted Hansburg to develop a more robust pogo stick, and his customers, Gimbel’s department store was happy to play its part as midwife to another classic toy and didn’t cancel the order.

Hansburg never start tinkering with his design.

A new patented application in 1955 promise to create a pogo stick that was not likely to become dangerous even after prolonged use.

Still subject to development, the latest pogo sticks promised to launch you up to 6 feet in the air, the gasoline powered version in the 1960s are hot Rod proved to be every bit as the endless as it sounds and was quickly discontinued.

Pogo Sticks

The  post above shows that with a little foresight and engineering skills have some basic materials can produce a toy ballasted to test of time and is still as popular today as it was when it was invented in 1919.

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