Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the first blue jeans with copper rivets.
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William Painter secured a patent for the capped bottle opener.
Daniel McCree patented the portable fire escape in the US.
Scottish inventor John Logie Baird changed the world of communication and entertainment forever when he demonstrated television for the first time.
Samuel Morse was granted the patents for his telegraph.
Thomas Edison completed his first model of a phonograph.