Christmas may come once a year, but the commercial potential of the season has inventors and designers constantly working on ways to capitalise on the season. Whether it’s snowmen, reindeer or Santa Claus, there are lots of festive patents out there.
The festivities begin for most people with the anticipation of Christmas Eve, as the children wait for Santa to arrive and the parents ensure everything is ready for the big day. As Santa Claus is integral to today’s Christmas celebrations, we wanted to track down some of the patents related to him over the last 100 years.
