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Velcro IP Holdings LLC, [2] [4] [5] trading as Velcro Companies and commonly referred to as Velcro (pronounced / ˈ v ɛ l k r oʊ /), [1] is a British privately held company, founded by Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral in the 1950s. It is the original manufacturer of hook-and-loop fasteners, which de Mestral invented. [2]
Velcro, the invention for which de Mestral is famous. De Mestral first conceptualised hook and loop after returning from a hunting trip with his dog in the Alps in 1941. [5] [6] [7] After removing several of the burdock burrs (seeds) that kept sticking to his clothes and his dog's fur, he became curious as to how it worked.
In 1977, Kiyosaki started a company called "Rippers" that marketed nylon and Velcro wallets. [13] The company eventually went bankrupt, and he took a job as a sales associate for Xerox until June 1978.
Wallace Hume Carothers (/ k ə ˈ r ʌ ð ər z /; April 27, 1896 – April 29, 1937) was an American chemist, inventor, and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon. [1] Carothers was a group leader at the DuPont Experimental Station laboratory, near Wilmington, Delaware, where most polymer ...
Hook-and-loop fasteners, commonly known as Velcro (a genericized trademark), hook-and-pile fasteners or touch fasteners are versatile fastening devices that allow two surfaces to be repeatedly attached and detached with ease. Invented in the mid-20th century, they are widely used in clothing, accessories, and various industrial and consumer ...
A trifold wallet with pockets for notes and cards, and a window to display an identification card. A wallet is a flat case or pouch, often used to carry small personal items such as physical currency, debit cards, and credit cards; identification documents such as driving licence, identification card, club card; photographs, transit pass, business cards and other paper or laminated cards.
The spinning shop, which was responsible of creating the vinylon fiber and shipping, was the largest building—160 m (520 ft) long and 117 m (384 ft) wide, with 35,000 m 2 (380,000 sq ft) floor space. Vinylon City became the pride of North Korea, being touted as having been built without foreign assistance.
[1] [2] [3] Initially thought to have started in a boiler, subsequent investigation found it was likely started in a hopper on the "flock" line, [4] where nylon fibers are oriented in a 50,000 volt electric field while applied to adhesive on a backing fabric. Fibers occasionally ignited passing through this field, and despite automatic fire ...