George de Mestral of Nyon, Switzerland was an inventor who patented a separable fastening device, granted in the United States in 1961 after he filed in 1958. The patent builds on earlier fabric fasteners made of two layers of velvet-type cloth with the loops cut into hooks, and proposes instead a fastener in which one element carries hooks and the other carries loops, so that far more of the hooks engage. It names closures for clothing and blinds, in place of slide fasteners and buttons, as the intended use.
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The original hook-and-loop fastener was conceived in 1941 by Swiss engineer George de Mestral, which he named velcro.
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The present invention therefore has for its object the provision of a separable fastener consisting of two elements provided with cooperating hooking members
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invented the hook and loop fastener which he named Velcro
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The original hook-and-loop fastener was conceived in 1941 by Swiss engineer George de Mestral, which he named velcro.
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The original hook-and-loop fastener was conceived in 1941 by Swiss engineer George de Mestral, which he named velcro.
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