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  1. US465588A - Toilet-paper roll - Google Patents

    A timeline of key events for this patent application, including priority claims, publications, legal status, reassignments, and litigation. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no...

  2. 124-Year-Old Patent Reveals The Proper Way to Use Toilet Paper

    Mar 28, 2018 · The idea for perforated toilet paper was originally patented by Wheeler's Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Company in 1871 and then re-patented again in a roll-form in …

  3. US Patent: 465,588 - Toilet-paper roll - DATAMP

    US patent 465,588 Toilet-paper roll was issued to Seth Wheeler of Albany, NY. It was granted on 12/22/1891. One of the more famous early patents for toilet paper. It is not, however, the first …

  4. To all, whom, it in City concern: Be it known that I, SETH WHEELER, of the city and county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet …

  5. 134-year-old patent finally settles furious debate over the proper …

    May 9, 2025 · Thanks to a 134-year-old patent for perforated toilet paper, the long-going debate of hanging it 'under vs over' can now be settled on social media.

  6. There is only one correct way to place toilet paper. A patent

    May 23, 2025 · This trivial question divides households: toilet paper on top or underneath? While the debate seems endless, an 1891 patent held by the inventor Seth Wheeler himself provides …

  7. The 134-Year-Old Patent That Settled the Toilet Paper Debate

    May 7, 2025 · At the heart of this ongoing bathroom debate is U.S. Patent No. 465,588, issued in 1891 to Seth Wheeler of Albany, New York. Wheeler was not only a clever inventor but also a …

  8. Toilet paper patents from the early days of TP (pictures) - CNET

    Mar 18, 2015 · Inventor Seth Wheeler defined the role and roll of modern toilet paper with a series of fascinating patents from the late 1800s.

  9. US511983A - Seth wheeler - Google Patents

    A timeline of key events for this patent application, including priority claims, publications, legal status, reassignments, and litigation. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no...

  10. Over or Under? Toilet Paper Roll - Brown & Michaels

    Unfortunately, the answer is clearly "no". First, this is not the first patent on toilet paper. The patent is clear that toilet paper existed long before this.