The inventor of Velcro was George de Mestral, a native of Switzerland. He invented the product in 1941, thinking of the idea after finding burrs with hooks on his clothing.
Velcro was invented by a Swiss engineer, who noticed the way burrs stuck to his dog and to his clothes after a day out hunting in the Alps. The engineer's name was George de Mestral. He was born in 1907.
George de Mestral, a Swiss engineer, invented Velcro. He thought of the idea in 1941 after noticing hooks on burrs that would catch anything with a loop.
