Sundback's Modern Slide Zipper Patent Model, 1915
Object Details
- Description
- This is a patent model for Gideon Sunback’s “seperable fastener” filed on August 27, 1915 and granted patent number 1,219,881 on March 20th, 1917. Sundback’s invention was the second iteration of his “hookless” fastener that he described as the “Hookless Number 2.” The interlocking metal teeth of the separable fastener was first used in boots, and boot maker B. F. Goodrich is credited with first coining the term “zipper.” The zipper wasn’t widely used on clothing until the 1930s, when it replaced buttons as men’s fly closures.
- Credit Line
- Talon
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1914
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-M-7972.009
- catalog number
- MHI-M-7972
- P # 1219881
- accession number
- 235975
- patent number
- 1219881
- maker
- Talon
- Object Name
- zipper
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- fabric (overall materail)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 1 in; 30.48 cm x 2.54 cm
- Related Publication
- Friedel, Robert. Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
- Industry & Manufacturing
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_860486
