The Story of Jacob Davis

Jacob Davis, who presumably started out as Jakub and Americanized his name when he got here, was also a Jewish immigrant. The story goes that the wife came in because she said, my husband is worn out all his pants and cannot leave the house. She had to go back with a piece of string and mark like his waistline and other measurements,. And she was delighted. Jacob later saw her husband around town wearing these pants. So it seemed like everything was going great. In early 1873 Strauss and Davis were preparing to go at a patent for these riveted pants for these rivets on shoes. Just weeks later they submitted this version of their application with more detail about the distinction