Henry Brown (inventor)
Henry Brown was an American inventor, perhaps best known as the inventor of a type of paper storage box.
Henry Brown developed a type of compartmented storage box intended to keep sheets of carbon paper separate from each other, and patented his invention (number 352,036) on November 2, 1886.[1]
References[]
- ^ "US Patent 352,036". Google Patents. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
External links[]
- "Henry Brown". about.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
Categories:
- 19th-century American inventors
- 19th-century births
- African-American inventors
- American inventor stubs