The Toyne rotary clothes hoist was marketed at state agricultural shows and interstate agents were sought.

At least seven hydraulic clothes hoists had been patented in Australia prior to Toyne's design.

Laundry hassles are no more for people on the move, with the availability of the Mini Clothes Hoist.

Fences, footpaths and clothes hoists were provided but the garden required much work, although residents were allowed a free allocation of trees and shrubs.

In 1946, Hill and his brother-in-law opened a factory making Hill's Rotary Clothes Hoist.

Later the clothes hoists became known as Hill's Hoists and the clothes lines are still being sold in Australia and around the world.

Together they established the Aeroplane Clothes Hoist Company, with an office in Queen Street, Melbourne.

Initially the clothes hoists were constructed and sold from Lance Hill's home on Bevington Road, Glenunga.

The Hills Hoist and similar rotary clothes hoists remain a common fixture in many backyards in Australia and New Zealand.

Toyne's first patented clothes hoist was sold though the Aeroplane Clothes Hoist Company established in 1911.

By the early 1920s, Toyne's 'All-Metal Rotary Clothes Hoist' was being manufactured and advertised in Australia - about 25 years before the first 'Hills Hoist'.

They established Toyne's Rotary Clothes Hoist Pty Ltd and McKirdy's son also patented and marketed several of his own clothes hoists designs.

Available in powder coated finish, the Mini Clothes Hoist puts an end to worries about drying the washing when you're four wheel driving in the country, camping in the bush or at a caravan park and even at home during rainy weather.

Gilbert Toyne first used the term 'rotary clothes hoist' around 1912 and by the 1930s Toyne's rotary clothes hoists were available for purchase in all Australian states including the Australian Capital Territory and also New Zealand.