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2. Hook-and-loop fastener - Wikipedia

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   It is especially popular in clothing where it replaces buttons or zippers, and as a shoe fastener for children who have not yet learned to tie shoelaces. Hook-and-loop fasteners are used in adaptive clothing , which is designed for people with physical disabilities, the elderly, and the infirm, who may experience difficulty dressing themselves ...

3. Zipper - Wikipedia

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   Zipper slider brings together the two sides of teeth. The popular North American term zipper (UK zip, or occasionally zip-fastener) came from the B. F. Goodrich Company in 1923. The company used Gideon Sundbäck's fastener on a new type of rubber boots (or galoshes) and referred to it as the zipper, and the name stuck. The two chief uses of the ...

4. YKK - Wikipedia

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   A major technological change came in 1950, when the company purchased a chain machine from the U.S. that allowed the automation of the zipper making process. Previously, YKK zippers were made by hand, and hence had an inferior quality compared to automated zippers from abroad. In March 1951, YKK relocated its headquarters to Chūō, Tokyo.

5. Ultimate Camping Gear Guide - AOL

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   With its 3.5-inch blade, the Bona Fide is well-suited for light-duty outdoor tasks like whittling roasting sticks. The pocket knife also has a clever tool-free disassembly system, so we could give ...

6. Talon Zipper - Wikipedia

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   Talon was the first slide fastener, a/k/a zipper, manufacturing company. It was founded in 1893 as the Universal Fastener Company, manufacturing hookless fasteners for shoes. In 1913 it moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania, becoming the first manufacturer of zippers. The company flourished through the 1960s when it is estimated that seven out of ...

7. MOLLE - Wikipedia

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   A US Army soldier wearing MOLLE gear Universal Camouflage Pattern. Modular Lightweight Load-Carrying Equipment, or MOLLE (pronounced / ˈ m ɒ l. l iː / MOL-lee), is the current generation of load-bearing equipment used by a number of NATO armed forces, especially the British Army and the United States Army since the late 1990s.

8. Trunk (luggage) - Wikipedia

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   The most readily recognizable feature of Saratogas are their myriad (and generally very complex) compartments, trays, and heavy duty hardware. Monitor-tops (incorrectly known as water-fall trunks from the furniture) date from the late 1870s to the late 1910s, and are characterized by their rounded front and rear corners to form a lying-down "D ...

9. Zipper storage bag - Wikipedia

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   A Ziploc-branded storage bag Close-up from a cross section of the sealing mechanism. A zipper storage bag, slider storage bag, zipper bag, ziplock bag, zip-lock bag, ziploc bag, or zippie is an inexpensive flexible rectangular storage bag, usually transparent, made of polyethylene [1] [2] or similar plastic, that can be sealed and opened many times, either by a slider, which works in a similar ...