The Invention of the Snowman

Enjoy these whimsical pictures of snowman related inventions from works registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. The history of the snowman of course predates the patent system. Historian, Bob Eckstein, author of History of the Snowman, stated that no one knows who invented the very first snowman, however, he feels that the first man of snow was made in medieval times, the medieval Book of Hours from 1380 contains the very first illustration found of a snowman.