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Article: Latest use for DuPont's Teflon: socks that help fight blisters.
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- WWD
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- July 8, 1996
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WASHINGTON - Teflon has spread from saucepans to socks.
Inventor Bob Gunn has taken DuPont's friction-easing material and woven it into athletic socks.
Developed by DuPont and backed by Chipman Union, a sock maker in Union Point, Ga., the new item is called Blister Guards.
A full-time inventor and president of Gunn Associates in New York, Gunn already has Odor Eaters to his credit.
Eventually, Gunn wants to use Teflon - which reduces friction and thereby reduces the cause of blisters and bunions - in the feet of pantyhose.
About 18 months ago, DuPont technicians began conducting friction tests on Gunn's behalf in its application labs in ...