Zipper
Cremallera
- Date
- 1893–1913 · confidence high
- Place
- Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
- Credited to
- Gideon Sundback (Hookless Fastener, 1913, patent 1917); Whitcomb Judson (hook fastener, Chicago, 1893); B. F. Goodrich (the name 'zipper', 1923)
- People
- 👤 Whitcomb Judson1846–1909
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Fastener of interlocking teeth closed by a slider, reliable and mass-producible. It replaced buttons and laces on footwear, uniforms and clothing.
What it led to
- Functional military and sports clothing
- 1930s fashion (zip fly, 1937)
- Fastener industry (YKK)
Built on
- Buttonhole buttonc. 1250
- Sewing machine1830-1851
- Metal stamping