When I was a young girl, I had a pogo stick. When, where, and who invented it?

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http://www.pogostickusa.com/history.htm Interesting tidbit here. ...George Hansburg patented his “Pogo Stick” in 1919. The Gimble Brothers Department Store in the U.S. imported a boatload of them, but unfortunately, the sticks rotted on the wet ship ride over. The folks at Gimble asked Hansburg to produce something more resilient, and Hansburg eventually did just that—from his own factory called SBI Enterprises. And those sticks, called “Master Pogos,” were the bouncing wonders that we know and love today. The Pogos were incredibly popular in the 1920’s—because if you had two left feet and couldn’t jitterbug, at least you could jump. Jan 29 04, 3:35 PM