Davis had been purchasing fabric from Levi Strauss & Co. And using it to ... Strauss & Davis set up a partnership and in 1873 received a patent for an “improvement in fastening pocket openings ...
Founder Levi Strauss moved to San Francisco in 1853 during the California gold rush, opening a dry goods business. But he struck gold when in 1873 he and a partner received a patent on using ...