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The Window Baby Cage
Emma Read patented the portable baby cage in 1922, and London clubs handed them to members without gardens; sales faded by the mid-1900s.
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At a glance
- First reported by Wikipedia: “The Window Baby Cage”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 2:40 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield.
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- WikipediaThe Window Baby Cage
What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorInductee number one: a wire cage that hung outside an apartment window, with a baby inside it.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA baby. In a cage. On the outside of the building.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn nineteen twenty-two, Emma Read filed a patent for a portable baby cage. Patent one million four hundred forty-eight thousand two hundred thirty-five.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPatent number is longer than most phone numbers, and still no reviews.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIts first name was the health cage. The pitch was fresh air and sunshine for the city baby.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHealth cage. That's the name you pick before the comments section exists.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSome models had a roof. It kept off snow, rain and things dropped from above.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThings dropped from above.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have been asked to leave an embassy in Lisbon for less foresight than that.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd London loved it. A Chelsea Baby Club handed them out to members without a garden. Free.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's an influencer drop, and the reach was a whole street.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen sales declined through the mid-nineteen-hundreds, possibly due to safety concerns and rising urban car traffic, per Wikipedia.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the cars were the problem, not the cage. Sure.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBy the authority of this hall, the cage is inducted.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOne-star review: the roof was for the neighbors.
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