Plastic Pouch
notes: label: Description
content: Clear plastic pouch designed by Julius Sharat (1899-1981), a Jewish industrial designer who fled Germany in 1937, settled in New York City, shortened his name from Sharatzick, signed naturalization papers in 1944, and died in Miami, Florida.
label: Description
content: The card in the pouch indicates that Julius Sharat designed and manufactured this pouch for Flexigrip, Inc. The vinyl fastener, moreover, was based on the design of Borge Marsden of Copenhagen (U.S. patent #2,558,367 of June 26, 1951). Sharat, in turn, would obtain two patents for a pouch with a sliderless fastener closer in 1954.
label: Description
content: Julius Sharat, “Pouch with Sliderless Fastener Closure,” U.S. Patent 2,666,466 (Jan. 19, 1954), assigned to Emil F. Svec.
label: Description
content: Julius Sharat, “Pouch with Sliderless Fastener Closure,” Canadian patent 505,777 (September 14, 1954), assigned to Flexigrip. Inc., New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Julius Sharat
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0264.22
label: accession number
content: 1981.0264
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0264.22
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plastic Pouch
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 26.6 cm x 17.1 cm; 10 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in; .635 cm x 26.67 cm x 17.145 cm