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Velvet type fabric and method of producing same patent drawing, 1955
US 2,717,437Velvet type fabric and method of producing same1955

PD-73 · US 2,717,437

Velvet type fabric and method of producing same

De Mestral's 'velvet type fabric', 1955 — hook-and-loop fastening, copied from burrs on a dog's coat.

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George de Mestral
Patented
September 13, 1955

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PD-73 · US 2,717,437 · Filed October 15, 1952 ·

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