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Forever in blue jeans…and in court
On May 20, 1873, Jacob W. Davis received patent #139,121 for an “improvement in fastening pocket openings.” Davis’s improvement consisted of “the employment of a metal rivet or eyelet at each edge of the pocket opening to prevent the ripping of the seam at those points.” Less than a year later, on January 31, 1874, [...]
Posted by Mary on May 20, 2010, under Uncategorized.
Tags: history of jeans, levi strauss history, national archives, patent law, sew sue me
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