RE: Velcro Inventor

[mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>]

Weird, the documentry I saw said there was a 20 year
difference and his patent expired.  I guess I can't
trust TV anymore.

--- Gary Lehmann <hqr@cox.net> wrote:

>
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa091297.htm
> Might have made some money--
> Gary
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark sottilaro
> [mailto:zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:05 AM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Velcro
> 
> <snip>
> 
> The man who invented Velcro never made a dime off
> the
> patent.  It wasn't until his patent expired that
> nylon
> was invented and a suitable material to make velcro
> existed.  I saw that on tv.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 



                
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