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Whitcomb L. Judson (March 7, 1843 – December 7, 1909) was an American machine salesman, mechanical engineer and inventor. He received thirty patents over a sixteen-year career, fourteen of which were on pneumatic street railway innovations.
In 1892, Whitcomb L. Judson, an American inventor from Chicago, patented the original design from which the modern device evolved. [1] The zipper gets its name from a brand of rubber boots (or galoshes) it was used on in 1923. The galoshes could be fastened with a single zip of the hand, and soon the hookless fasteners came to be called ...
In 1891 Chicago inventor Whitcomb L. Judson wanted an easier way to lace up his shoes so he devised a system of hooks and eyes, plus a slide mechanism, to fasten and unfasten the hooks. He exhibited his device at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition .
In 2006, Sundbäck was honored by inclusion in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his work on the development of the zipper. [6] [7] On April 24, 2012, the 132nd anniversary of Sundbäck’s birth, Google changed the Google logo on its homepage to a Google Doodle of the zipper, which when opened revealed the results of a search for Gideon Sundbäck.
In 1893, Whitcomb Judson came up with an improvement of Howe's prototype which was basically a hook-and-eye shoe fastener. Even though his invention wasn't a practical zipper per se, Judson is still referred to as the father/inventor of the zipper.
Sami Whitcomb (born 1988), ... Whitcomb L. Judson (1843–1909), American inventor of the zipper; James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916), American writer and poet;
Frank Shaver Allen, architect of Streator and Joliet, later of California, born in Galesburg in 1860; Karen Bjornson (born 1952), model; born in Galesburg; Amy Carlson, television actress best known for roles in Blue Bloods, Third Watch, and Another World (lived in Galesburg when she attended Knox College)
Judson Canfield (1759–1840), American politician and judge; Judson Leroy Day (1877-1944), American dentist and politician; Judson Augusto do Bonfim Santos, also known as Judson (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian-Equatoguinean footballer; Judson Flint (1957–2018), American football player; Judson Hall (1855–1938), American politician