A Zipper Patent Sat in a Garage for 40 Years. Now It's Real. - Yanko Design
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A Zipper Patent Sat in a Garage for 40 Years. Now It's Real. - Yanko Design

Source:Yanko Design
Author:Ida Torres

Back in 1985, an electrical engineer at Polaroid named Bill Freeman had an idea for a three-sided zipper. Not a novelty item, not a quirky art piece, but a genu