Famous Patents: Velcro®

George de Mestral filed in 1952 a US patent application related to a velvet type fabric.

This fabric comprised two surfaces, one of velvet type and the other provided with hooks.
This fabric is now known as VELCRO®, a composition of the French words "velour" (velvet) and "crochet" (hook).
The patent was granted in September, 13th, 1955 and was published as US-2.717.437.

IP-Patents

The objective of this blog is to publish news related with the Intellectual Property field, specially in the patent field.
Some famous and curious patents will be also published.