Otto Frederick Gideon Sundbäck (April 24, 1880 - June 21, 1954) was a Swedish-American inventor. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method form device or other useful means He made several advances in the development of the zipper between 1906 and 1914, while working for companies that later evolved into Talon, Inc. He built upon the previous work of other engineers such as Elias Howe, Max Wolff, and Whitcomb Judson. zipper (data structure A zipper ( English: zip fastener or zip) is a popular device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric. Talon Zipper was a company founded in 1893 originally as the Universal Fastener Company in Chicago. Elias Howe ( July 9, 1819 &ndash October 3, 1867) was an American Inventor and Sewing machine pioneer Max Wolff Filho ( July 29, 1912 &ndash April 12, 1945) was a Brazilian Army Sergeant, a member of the Brazilian Expeditionary Whitcomb L Judson (1836-1909 was an American Inventor that was born in Chicago Illinois. The name zipper was created by B.F. Goodrich who used the device on their new boots. Goodrich Corporation (formerly the BF Goodrich Company), is an American Aerospace manufacturing company based in Charlotte North Carolina A boot is a type of Shoe that covers at least the Foot and the Ankle and sometimes extends up to the Knee or even the Hip. Initially boots and tobacco pouches were the primary use for zippers and it took another twenty years before they caught on in the fashion industry. Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time Gideon Sundback also invented the manufacturing machine for zippers. The zipper beat the button in 1937 for the usage of the "fly" in trousers.
Sundback is sometimes claimed as Canadian, as his Lightning Fastener Company, an early manufacturer of the zipper, was based in St. Catharines, Ontario. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Although Sundback frequently visited the St. Catharines factory as president of the company, he was never, in fact, either a permanent resident or a citizen of Canada.
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