PJ's Sinch Sock System was invented in 2007 by Jack McAllister (aka Papa Jack) and Mike McAllister. Jack, a retired engineer recently widowed after over 50 years of marriage, became increasingly frustrated with the daily task of putting on socks. Undaunted, the old engineer duct-taped two binder clips to the ends of a pair of yard sticks, clipped them onto the cuff of a favorite loose fitting sock and pulled it successfully onto his foot. PJ knew he was onto something!

Next, he convinced his daughter Margie to sew loops into the cuffs of a pair of socks with each sock having two adjacent loops. He then visited a local hardware store and bought two clasps, similar to what you would find at the end of dog's leash. PJ had his grandson Mike, a machinist with access to lots of tools, attach the clasps to a pair of handles and the invention was born. PJ could easily pull the looped socks up with the special handles. Simple and effective.

After many discussions over pizza boxes and a few prototypes, PJ and Mike had a system that worked quite well. Mike refined the grabbers into the current design with the trigger actuated clasp. PJ smugly used the system every day to put his socks on and they applied for a utility patent, which was awarded in 2011.

Today, Jack has now passed away but others continue to benefit from his ingenious and simple invention. Take a look at a grainy old video of PJ demonstrating the sock system here: