Hoover, Vacuum cleaner
The British association of the vacuum cleaner with the word 'Hoover' came from the American company's advertising strategies and dominance in the British market. Asthmatic American inventor James Spangler sold his idea for an electric broomstick-like cleaner—with cloth filter and dust-collection bag attached to the long handle—to William Hoover in 1908. His invention proved to be arguably the first truly practicable domestic vacuum cleaner.
