... 1906 Meyer May, a men's clothier of Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first retailer to display his wares on his wishbone-inspired ... lower parts of the wire to prevent wrinkles, and in 1935 Elmer D. Rogers added a tube on the lower bar, which is ... hanging by the brake line during auto repair work, to securing a gate on a bird cage. After sanding, wire hangers also find uses ...