#NationalZipperDay | April 29th
Hey there. How are you? Looking for a cool hat for National Zipper Day? You have come to the right place. This hat goes way back in Hattingdon history. It was created on September 16, 2016.
The Look
Hattingdon wears a high domed ballcap in black. The front of the dome features a fabulous chunky zipper made in shades of hot pink, sky blue and lime green. A matching blue brim and lime green button completes the look. Vivian named the hat “Zip”.
National Zipper Day
Today celebrates something we often do not think about and may automatically take for granted. National Zipper Day commemorates April 29, 1913, when the patent for the modern zipper was issued.
The first methods used to keep clothes fastened were buttons. They worked well, for the most part. Still, clever inventors searched for even better ways to keep clothes closed.
The invention of the modern zipper was a long process that involved several people. The inventor of the sewing machine, Elias Howe, received a patent in 1851 for an “Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure.” Although it was a good idea, he didn’t market it. After all, he was too busy promoting the sewing machine.
Over 40 years later, Whitcomb Judson improved upon Howe’s idea. He marketed his invention as a “Clasp Locker.” Judson designed it to be a fastener for shoes. To produce his new device, he started the Universal Fastener Company. The product debuted at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, but it didn’t have much success.
The modern zipper was eventually designed in 1913 by Gideon Sundback. He worked at the Universal Fastener Company in Hoboken, New Jersey. Sundback received a patent for his “Separable Fastener” in 1917.
Sundback’s design increased the number of fastening elements to 10 per inch. It included two rows of interlocking teeth that would latch together with the help of a slider. His design was the first fastener to resemble what we now know as a zipper.
But Sundback didn’t come up with the name! The name “zipper” was first used by the B.F. Goodrich Company. They included Sundback’s device on a new type of rubber boots. They called the device a “zipper,” and as you can see, the name stuck.
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