Removable stripper pole’s status gives Fresno manufacturer a leg up.

April 17, 2008 – Bethany Clough/The Fresno Bee

A dance and stripper pole invented by a local man recently received a patent, the latest in a short list of central San Joaquin Valley entrepreneurs to win the distinction. The pole joins the ranks of the Fresno scraper farm tool, solar-powered hat fans and new types of grapes. Randy Blacker of Lil’ Mynx created the removable floor-to-ceiling poles and manufactures them in east Fresno.
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