Visit us anytime at https://www.asbestosclaims.law/. The classic Zippo lighter…
Popularized in World War II, these lighters became an American icon worldwide. The first Zippos were sold in 1933. A guy by the name of George Grant Blaisdell was at a country club in Pennsylvania and saw someone lighting a cigarette with a cumbersome Austrian lighter.
Blaisdell noted that the lighter had a chimney design which worked well
to stay lit, even in the wind. But it required two hands to operate. So he developed the flip-top design and kept the chimney lighter inside.
And for decades, their wicks were manufactured with asbestos. Let’s take a look.
Welcome to Asbestos Artifacts, where asbestos attorney Justinian C. Lane takes a look at some old asbestos products and digs a little bit into the story behind them.
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