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He invented the zipper because his friend had a stiff back and was unable to lace up the tall shoes people wore back then...

See the full story and how the zipper got in your pants , and the Talon Co. , still making some of the best zippers today, on the related link .

Whitcomb was my great-grandfather. The story my father, (Arthur) told me was that a friend's wife had Arthritis in her hands and was unable to button her shoes so the first use was on a pair of women's shoes, (according to my dad). Whitcomb's son, (my grandfather) was Ross Whitcomb Judson who founded Continental Motors Corp. (engine manufacturer), now a subsidiary of Teledyne Corp. and Bath Iron Works, (ship building), now a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corp. Prior to the Great Depression many of the cars, trucks and aircraft used Continental engines.

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