Swiss electrical engineer who invented the hook and loop fastener
George de Mestral
Born
(1907-06-19)19 June 1907
Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges, Lausanne, Switzerland
Died
8 February 1990(1990-02-08) (aged 82)
Commugny, Switzerland
Occupation
Electrical engineer
Known for
inventing Velcro
Children
3
Parents
Marthe de Goumoëns
Albert de Mestral
George de Mestral ((1907-06-19)19 June 1907 – (1990-02-08)8 February 1990) was a Swiss electrical engineer who invented the hook and loop fastener which he named Velcro.
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electrical engineer GeorgedeMestral in the 1950s. It is the original manufacturer of hook-and-loop fasteners, which deMestral invented. Swiss electrical...
melted the candy in his pocket. The Velcro hook-and-loop fastener. GeorgedeMestral came up with the idea after a bird hunting trip when he viewed cockleburs...
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Kingdom patent for his design of hovercraft. Swiss electrical engineer GeorgedeMestral is granted a patent for the Velcro fabric hook-and-loop fastener....
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committed the murders that lead to absinthe being banned in Switzerland. GeorgedeMestral inventor of Velcro lived and died in Commugny, where a road is named...
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