John Joseph Rawlings

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John Joseph Rawlings was a British engineer and inventor of the wall plug, also known from his name as the rawlplug. He invented in around 1910/1911, filled a patent in 1911, trademarked the rawlplug name in 1912 and was granted the patent in 1913. In 1919 his company, formerly known as the Rawlings Brothers, was renamed to Rawlplug Ltd..

[edit] External links

• Short note

[edit] References

• Get a grip! – the invention of the Rawlplug