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A Walk In The Woods Inspired What Famous Product?

15th October 2009 by admin No Comments

The idea for Velcro came to George de Mestral, a Swiss engineer, after returning from a walk in the Alps with his dogs. He examined the burrs stuck to both his jacket and the dogs’ fur under a microscope.  The principal, he discovered, was simple. The burr was made of hundreds of hooks that would [...]