Georges de Mestral

George de Mestral born on June 19th, 1907 with Nyon, deceased on February 8th, 1990 with Commugny, was an engineer Suisse who lived with Aubonne.

He is the inventor of closing Velcro.

Biography

1907, birth, his/her father: Albert-George-Constantin de Mestral (1878-1966), agricultural engineer
1919, (it is 12 years old), its first patent, a small-scale model of fabric plane.
Study of engineer in electricity to the federal Polytechnic school of Lausanne
1941, idea of the " Velcro"
1951, deposit of the patent of the " Velcro" in Switzerland
1952, deposit of the patent of the " Velcro" in other countries.
1952, foundation of Velcro SA with the assistance of " Gonet & Co" , Velcro is a registered trademark
Velcro is used by NASA, to fix the objects in the space capsules.
1966, it inherits his/her father the castle of Saint-Saphorin-on-Morges.
1978, end of the validity of the patent

After each walk with its dog, it was to remove small balls (seeds of Bardane) which are clutched with its pullover and with the fur of its dog. It observed them under the microscope. He noticed that they had small elastic hooks which, when one put them in contact with a fabric, clung to the meshs. When they are taken down, they find their original form.
It imagined 2 pieces of fabric nylon, one with thousands of inner loops and the other with thousands of small hooks.
It asks for the assistance of a manufacturer of textile Lyon.

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