George Henry, or Henry George, Hohnsbeen was born in 1879 in Davenport, Iowa, the son of German immigrants Ludwig Hohnsbeen and Wilhelmine Wunder. George's father was a cooper, as was his maternal grandfather and Wunder uncles. Inheriting this mechanical ability, George became an engineer at the Boepple Button Company in Davenport at about age 20. Later, he moved on to Minneapolis to work as a travel agent for the Segeng Threshing Machine Company.
Signaling Lantern (1908)
Perhaps from his experiences as a travel agent, Hohnsbeen developed and patented improvements to oil-fueled signaling lanterns used as danger signals to warn the public of obstructions. The essence of the improvement were vertically adjustable sharpened legs emanating from an inverted U-shaped frame of the lantern. These legs could be forced into an underlying plank, the ground, or some other suitable support. In 1947, Hohnsbeen's signal lantern influenced Harold Howe's invention of a Fire Tray Assembly Support. Howe's patent referenced Hohnsbeen in his utilization of an adjustable U-shaped support which was to be inserted into the ground.
It would be eleven years later before Hohnsbeen's next invention was patented, which began a small parade of inventions from him as he became more professionally successful- working as general manager of Hohnsbeen Manufacturing in Minneapolis.
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