Quote: "The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour." — Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
My parents were both born before the invention of the zipper...wow!
And I'm not talking about this Zipper.
This is the zipper I'm referring to:
Who invented the zipper? Early in the 20th century, an engineer named Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundback (of Swedish extract, he was born on Sonarp farm in Ödestugu Parish, in Jönköping County, Småland, Sweden), built upon previous inventions to develop a better fastener. The "Hookless No. 2" was a series of interlocking teeth in which where the tiny projection at the top fit into the dimple at the bottom as a slider traveled up the row. On April 29, 1917, Sundback received a patent for the "separable fastener," which would come to be known as the zipper. Soldiers fighting in World War I used the first zippers, mostly for money belts, life vests and flying suits. The B.F. Goodrich Company incorporated the new fastener into rubber boots and gave them 
the name "zipper," which was originally intended to indicate the kind of boot. It was in the 1940s that the zipper became more popularly used for the flies of pants and on skirts and dresses.
There are many other creative uses of the zipper that have come into use, however, see a few examples below.
An artistically designed pond that looks like it could be zipped up at any time.
Designed by renowned Taiwanese sculptor Ju Chun, the Zipper Pond has become one of the most popular attractions at the Juming Museum, outside Taipei. It does look absolutely amazing…I mean I’ve seen some beautiful ponds in my time, but a zipper pond? That’s special. (click the title to see more)
Like the Zipper Dress?
The Zipper Boat?
You don't have to roll up the sidewalks at night if you can zip them closed.
So that's what's beneath those zipped up streets.
This Zipper Piggy Bank is as solid as a rock.
Did your parents ever tell you to zip it?
OK, the zipper is photo shopped but the bifurcated tongue is real.
Here's one way of achieving an open mind, but perhaps there are better ways.
Zipper Jewelry
The Zipper concept is even used in highway construction.
Now go see if you can come up with some more new uses.
Happy Zipper Day!
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