Convenient as it is for fastening things shut, Velcro — typically comprised of tiny, nylon hooks and loops that easily adhere together — or other brands of hook and loop fasteners can be a pain to ...

The U.S. Army has a problem with Velcro. It’s too noisy. And its little loops get clogged with dust from the Afghan and Iraqi deserts. The so-called “hook-and-loop” fastener was added to standard ...

Born in the tiny town of Saint-Saphorin-sur-Morges in 1907, George de Mestral filed his first patent at the age of 12, for a toy airplane. “He was driven to invent,” says Fraser Cameron, president and ...

It's not every day you're walking your dog when you suddenly get the idea for a remarkable invention. But that's precisely what happened in 1948 when Swiss engineer George de Mestral was on a hunting ...

Inventors are an odd bunch, but it takes a seriously enquiring mind to think about improving something as old and venerable as Velcro. 66 year old Leonard Duffy has come up with a modern alternative, ...

Hook and loop fasteners made of spring steel have now been developed at the Institute of Metal Forming and Casting of the Technische Universitaet Muenchen. These fasteners are resistant to chemicals ...

Researchers in Germany have created a new type of fastener system made from steel that may be useful in a range of settings, including hospitals and the aviation industry. Borrowing its design from ...

The mold for continuous injection molding of Velcro hooks consists of several dozen thin plates mounted on a wheel.(Below) The molding system is designed to eliminate any distortion in the tool that ...

Velcro Brand has a few harsh words for people calling all “hook and loop” fasteners “Velcro.” The company that makes the nylon hook and loop fasteners for enclosures on clothes, shoes, bags and more ...

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