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| name = Patricia Billings | image = Patricia_b.jpg | birth_date = 1926 | birth_place = Clinton City, Missourri | residence = Kansas City, Missouri | notable_works = Geobond }} Patricia Billings (b. 1926) is a sculptor, inventor and businesswoman. She invented Geobond, the world's first useful replacement for asbestos.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}} Early life and educationPatricia Billings was born in 1926 in Clinton City, Missouri to a farmer and his wife.[1] She married a salesman and began working as a medical technologist and studying fungal and bacterial diseases at Kansas City Junior College.[1] She left that job in 1947 when she and the salesman divorced.[1] In 1956 she began studying art at Amarillo College.[2] She enjoyed plaster of Paris sculptures.[2] In 1964 she opened a store in Kansas City where she sold many of her sculptures. She sculpted a swan and after she finished, it collapsed and broke into pieces. She then decided to make a substance that could have saved her sculpture.[3] CareerEight years later she came up with Geobond. She sent a 10-inch statue to a scientist who recognized the substance's worth.[1] She turned into a product called Geobond. It resists shock, fire and is non-toxic. Geobond was patented in 1997. The resulting company, Geobond International, remains an intimate 13 employee company in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/her-big-break-vol-46-no-25/|title=Her Big Break|work=PEOPLE.com|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Billings, Patricia}}2. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/patricia-billings|title=Patricia Billings {{!}} Lemelson-MIT Program|website=lemelson.mit.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-30}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.inventricity.com/patricia-billings-inventor|title=Inventricity.com {{!}} UK/International – help and advice for inventors|website=Inventricity.com {{!}} UK/International – help and advice for inventors|language=en|access-date=2018-03-30}} 5 : 1926 births|People from Clinton County, Missouri|American inventors|Living people|Women inventors |
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