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US 1219881

How Gideon Sundback Invented the Modern Zipper

The 1917 patent for the separable fastener that perfected the design of the modern zipper using interlocking teeth on two flexible tapes.

Statusexpired

Granted1917

Expires1934

Claims0

Forward citations14

Prior art0

AssigneeHookless Fastener Co

InventorsGideon Sundback

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