His prototype, which he called Twistz Bandz, used a wooden board, pegs, and dental hooks. He spent six months developing the loom kit and designed 28 versions. The bracelets became popular with the neighborhood children, and his daughter suggested that he sell them. He tried to show them how they could link the rubber bands together but was unsuccessful, so he stuck a scrap board with multiple rows of pegs on which the bands could be linked more easily. He conceived the idea of a toy loom for rubber-band crafting after seeing his young daughters make rubber-band bracelets. He was employed as a crash-test engineer for Nissan Motor Company in 2010.

Rainbow Loom was created by Cheong Choon Ng, a Malaysian immigrant of Chinese descent who came to the United States in 1991 to attend Wichita State University, where he earned a graduate degree in mechanical engineering. History A fishtail bracelet made from loom bands The Rainbow Loom kit includes the loom (the pegboard), a rainbow loom hook, 25 special C-shaped clips to connect both ends of the bracelet, and 600+ small rubber bands in assorted colors. The resulting looped knots, known as Brunnian links, can be assembled on the loom into bracelets and other shapes. It has push pin-type pegs over which small, colored rubber bands are looped and pulled by a rainbow loom crochet hook. The Rainbow Loom is a plastic pegboard measuring 2 inches (51 mm) by 8 inches (200 mm). It was invented in 2010 by Cheong Choon Ng in Novi, Michigan. Rainbow Loom is a plastic tool used to weave colorful rubber and plastic bands (called loom bands) into decorative items such as bracelets and charms. For the English rock band, see Loom (band).

Loom bracelet charms