In these days, it really is impossible to imagine life without zippers. They are so popular and widespread it is easy to take them for granted. The humble zipper have been used in everywhere in our day to day life from pants, jacket to handbags and boots. National Zipper Day comes alone to remind us of the origin and history of this great invention.
The exact birthday of zipper is debated. But this unofficial holiday commemorates the day in 1913 when Swedish-American engineer, inventor Gideon Sundback received the patent for the modern-day zipper. he called “hook-less fastener.” Although similar inventions had been around since the
1850s, his version is widely accepted as the first modern zipper.
Thanks to the US army who stepped in as an early adopter, the fastening line found numerous applications and grew in popularity. By 1923, B.F Goodrich popularised the word zipper as it applied to use in the boots and pouches it made. The company copyrighted the name for a time.
