Hazel Tietjen Forbis
Personal Information
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Country of Birth: assumed to be USA
Nationality: assumed to be USA
Ethnicity: Unknown
Education
Unknown
"None found"
— Hazel Tietjen Forbis
Professional Life
Field of Study: Inventor
Institution/Corporation: None found
Degrees & Memberships: None found
Awards & Achievements
Awards: None found
Achievements: Patented Q-Tips (patent # 1652108 & 2261058)
manufactured her cotton swabs in her home
called her swabs Baby Nose-Gay
sold her patent assignment in 1925 to Leo Gerstenzang Co & he is often mistakenly identified as the swab inventor after watching his wife add cotton to toothpicks to clean their infant's ears
little is known about her with the exception being her patent applications-she was living in Missoula Montana when she applied for 2 of her patents (#1652108 in 1925 & #1681031 in 1927) & in California for her 3rd patent (#2261058)