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Gideon Sundback

Swedish engineer
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    Gideon Sundback, a Swedish engineer working in the United States, substituted spring clips in place of hooks and eyes, and his Hookless #2 (now considered the first modern zipper) went on sale in 1914; a patent was granted three years later. A similar device had…

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    Gideon Sundback, a Swedish engineer working in the United States, substituted spring clips in place of hooks and eyes, and his Hookless #2 (now considered the first modern zipper) went on sale in 1914; a patent was granted three years later. A similar device had…

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