By Sangamon Sun |
Apr 29, 2024
Today, April 29, 2024, marks National Zipper Day, celebrating the invention of the zipper by Whitcomb Judson in 1893. The Chicago native is credited with creating the first zipper-like device known as the "clasp-locker". As Judson described it, "The invention … may be applied, as for example, to mail bags, belts, and the closing of seams uniting flexible bodies."The history of the zipper continued to evolve when Swedish-American engineer Gideon Sundbach made improvements to the device and officially named it the 'zipper'. This simple yet revolutionary invention has become...