The Invention Of Adhesive Tape

1928 Scotch Tape by Richard Drew, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Patents were filed in the UK and US on May 30, 1928. Drew developed a lightweight, push-to-stick adhesive. His first attempt wasn't sticky enough, so Drew was told, "Take it back to your Scottish bosses and ask them to put more glue." ("Scottish" means "stingy.") However, during the Great Depression, people found hundreds of uses for the tape, from mending clothes to protecting broken eggs.