S.O.S Soap Pads were invented in 1917 by Irwin Cox of San Francisco, California, an aluminum pot salesman. The pre-soaped pad was intended to clean pots. Cox soon found out that the S.O.S pads had many more uses beyond pots and pans. Like white-wall tires in 1956, above. Cox introduced the soap-encrusted steel wool pads to potential new customers as a business card. His wife was responsible for the name with the S.O.S acronym standing for "Save Our Saucepans." The name was registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office simply by removing the last period, becoming unique and not to be confused with the international distress signal. The business was eventually bought by General Foods and by the late 1960s it was sold to Miles Laboratories who then sold the brand to Clorox.
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