英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 73

 Wk 44 (3 November 1914)

First Bra Is PatentedThis Week in HistoryIn the USA, Mary Phelps Jacob receives the world's first patent for a brassiere.

 

In 1914, Mary Phelps Jacob was granted the world's first patent for a brassiere. She made her ground-breaking invention in 1913 and after extensive testing submitted the final design to the US Patents Office. She soon sold the patent to Warner Brothers Corset Co., which made over $15,000,000 from it over the next 30 years.