Below you can find 8 interesting facts about lanyards:
- Lanyards are typically used to prevent misplacing or dropping small items.
- ‘Lanyard’ comes from the French word ‘lanière’, meaning ‘lash’ or ‘strap’.
- Lanyards are generally worn on the shoulder, neck or wrist, depending on their use.
- Personalised lanyards come in many sizes, colours and shapes, are commonly decorated with advertising, and often end with a metal latch that lets the user attach items on the end (whistles, badge holders).
- Lanyards were first mentioned by the French in the 1400s, and were later used in France’s military for securing whistles, guns and swords.
- Lanyards can be used ornamentally on uniforms, and are sometimes used to mark a person’s position in the military.
- Lanyards are made from a variety of materials that are generally braided or woven, and can include PET plastic, leather, cord, rope, satin, polyester, nylon or silk.
- Lanyards can be worn on a person’s wrist and used as a safety strap connected to a machine, so that if the person falls, it triggers an ‘off’ mechanism on the machine.
