Dick Tracy | Plastic Buckle Inventor | History of Gear
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Jerry Cunningham's Cord Lock
I like to see the parallels between your career and that of Jerry Cunningham, who came up with the first barrel lock. I've done a number of different kinds of cord locks, but the one that was really the most successful was during my time at ITW. And we got involved in doing a lot of work on thermal and visual signature with, with night vision goggles. If you look at a black Delrin buckle, it shines. It's like the antithesis of what you want with night vision. We found some additives that could be put in that would disrupt the infrared and you could look at them and they would blend in. They still make them.
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