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Walter Hunt, an American inventor, patented a design that served as the basis for the modern safety pins in 1849.


Probably, the ancient Egyptians, but the modern one was invented by Walter Hunt.

Walter Hunt received US patent #6,281 on April 10, 1849 for a Dress-Pin. The safety pin was one of the many things invented by Hunt.

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