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Zippers!

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Problem With Placo Fasteners

Gideon judson was hired by sunback just as harry earle and whitcombe were leaving, there was a brief period of overlap. He quickly identified a few issues. When a woman was wearing a skirt with a security closure on it, the fastener would often pop open if she moved in a way that applied any tension across it. His first pass at a solution was something he called a palaco fastener. This was more flexible, so that a person could bend or twist in anorm a day to day way without popping the whole thing apart. It went to market in 19 o eight.

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