In 1892, Whitcomb L. Judson, an American inventor from Chicago, patented the original design from which the modern device evolved. [1] The zipper gets its name from a brand of rubber boots (or galoshes) it was used on in 1923. The galoshes could be fastened with a single zip of the hand, and soon the hookless fasteners came to be called "Zippers".

2019年10月4日 · Forty-four years later, inventor Whitcomb Judson (1846–1909) marketed a "Clasp Locker" device similar to system described in the 1851 Howe patent. Being first to market, Whitcomb got credit for being the "inventor of the zipper." However, his 1893 patent did not use the word zipper.

2024年1月5日 · Whitcomb L. Judson invented the zipper. He was an inventor who first introduced the fastener as a ‘clasp locker’ at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

2021年4月12日 · The term “zipper” wasn’t coined by its inventor. Instead, the name “zipper” originated with the B. F. Goodrich Company, who used Sundback’s fastener on a new type of rubber boots. When they did so, they renamed Sundback’s “Separable Fastener” to “zipper” and the name stuck.

2010年5月3日 · From its humble beginnings as an "Automatic Continuous Clothing Closure" invented in 1851 by Elias Howe to the "Clasp Locker" patent in 1893 and marketed by Mr. Whitcomb Judson, the zipper as we know it today, had little commerical success.

2021年4月29日 · In 1917, Gideon Sundback, a Swedish American design engineer, developed a hookless fastener that used interlocking teeth (“scoops”) that were easy to interlock and release with an attached slider. The teeth interlocked the way spoons can nest within one another, and were closely spaced for security.

On August 29, 1893, American machine salesman, mechanical engineer and inventor Whitcomb L. Judson receives the patent for a “Clasp Locker”, today better known as the zipper, the mechanical little wonder that has kept so much in our lives ‘together.’

Initially known as the “Hookless Fastener,” Sundback’s invention soon earned the moniker “zipper” owing to the distinct zipping sound it produced during operation, a feature that contributed to its unique appeal (YKK Americas).

2024年9月12日 · The idea of the zipper was in Elias Howe's mind long before today’s version was created by the Nordic inventor, and it became an essential part of everyday clothing. Best known for his revolutionary sewing machine, Howe received a patent in 1851 for a device he called the "Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure" .

Let’s have a look at the history of the zipper and how long have they been around. The first zipper was patented in 1851 by Elias Howe, who invented modern lockstitch loop sewing machines.