Concerned that his idea might be pirated, Davis asked Levi Strauss to help him with a patent application. A preliminary application was approved in July 1872, and the full patent granted on May 20 ...

May 20, 1873, marks the day that Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received their patent for riveted pants. Here are a few things you might not know about the brand that has been around for 150 years.

Levi Strauss & Co. has long maintained that up until 1873, the company was strictly a wholesaler and did no manufacturing of clothing. Holabird believes the pants were made by a subcontractor for ...

Strauss agreed, and on May 20, 1873, U.S. Patent No. 139,121 for “Improvements in fastening pocket openings” was issued in the name of Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss and Co. Lasting partnership ...

Davis sold his tailor shop property to Levi Strauss on May 27. The frame building was destroyed Oct. 29, 1873 in Reno's first great fire. More: Lost treasures of Nevada and the Sierra — Donner ...

May 20, 1873, marks the day that Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received their patent for riveted pants. Here are a few things you might not know about the brand that has been around for 150 years ...

May 20, 1873, marks the day that Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received their patent for riveted pants. Here are a few things you might not know about the brand that has been around for 150 years. Levi ...