Google’s Zipper Doodle Today
2012-04-24
Today’s Google Doodle is very interesting and very special : A zipper.
It is for the inventor of zipper in the history: Gideon Sundback.
Gideon Sundback (April 24, 1880 – June 21, 1954) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer. Gideon Sundback is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.
In 1913, the first version, the "Hookless Fastener No. 1".
In 1914, the "Hookless No. 2", which was the modern metal zipper in all its
In 1917, United States patent no. 1219881 for the "Separable Fastener" was issued
_The name zipper was created in 1923 by B.F. Goodrich, who used the device on their new boots._