Copper in HistoryFact 27 of 28
Copper reinforcing rivets for denim jeans, now standard on most brands of jeans originated in 1873 when a customer of Jacob Davis, a Reno, Nevada, tailor complained that his pants pockets kept on ripping. Davis' solution was to use copper rivets to reinforce the pockets and other points of stress on the jeans manufactured by Levi Strauss & Company, San Francisco. The solution was so successful that Davis decided to patent the concept. Since the patent expired in 1891, many manufacturers of work clothes reinforce their products with copper rivets.
