Nicholas McKay, Sr. (December 8, 1920 – November 15, 2014) was an American inventor and entrepreneur.
[2] McKay had the idea after needing masking tape, a paper roll and some wire to clean his suit before chaperoning his son's high school dance in 1956.
Helmac is a household products company that eventually held 92% of the American market in 1996.
McKay credits his humble upbringing on a family farm in Ohio during the Great Depression as the inspiration of sorts for his career.
He produced When The World Breaks, a documentary on parallels between the Great Depression and today's poor economic climate.