[DOC] [TLE] 'Taylor' Your Writing: Should You 'Zip Up' Your Zipper or 'Zipper' the ... [PAR] Nov 23, 2011 ... B. F. Goodrich originally registered "zipper" in 1925 as a trademark for overshoes 
with fasteners. The fastener started to be used in other products, and thus the ... 
noted, "zipper" was much preferred to "hookless slide fastener. ... have lost their 
trademark status and have become the generic term for a type of... [DOC] [TLE] Akron unzipped: Goodrich gave fastener a big tug - News - Ohio [PAR] Jun 17, 2011 ... The fancy footwear featured an ingenious slide fastener with interlocking metal 
teeth. ... transferred to the metal fastener itself and became a generic word. ... L. 
Judson's ''Clasp Locker,'' which used a hook-and-eye system. ... Zip Strip, Zip 
Cards  they all owe their names to a spiffy pair of rubber galoshes. [DOC] [TLE] Adoption | American Technology and Culture - The Zipper [PAR] Goodrich revealed its project: the Mystic Boot, rubber galoshes using slide 
fasteners. However ... The word zipper came to be used as a generic name for 
the slide fastener. At this point, the Hookless Company's name had become 
outdated. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 16: The twenties, thirties, and World War II Flashcards ... [PAR] Goodrich was the first one to use the term "zipper" "zipper boots". ... 1930s and 
after that sipper became a generic term applied to any toothed, slide fastener .... 
films, and the name Adrian became synonymous with high fashion and glamour 
..... style of wearing their over shoes for bad weather, or galoshes open and 
flapping. [DOC] [TLE] The Button [PAR] materialism is weak when it confronts shortterm historical change. ... texture of 
tusk ivory, hence its generic name vegetable ivory. .... facture of largely functional 
buttons such as those used to attach suspenders to men's pants .... B. F. Goodrich 
began producing galoshes with slide fasteners and originated the name. [DOC] [TLE] A World Secured: A History of the Zipper from Novelty to Ubiquity [PAR] Mar 10, 2011 ... It's not an exaggeration to say it's as common as blue jeans. ... Phase One: 
Judson's Early Clasp Lockers and Slide Fasteners ... Unfortunately, the design 
raised many questions, and its shortcomings became apparent ... In 1923, 
Goodrich adopted and trademarked the name Zipper Boot due to the... [DOC] [TLE] Flappers, Galoshes, and Zippers in the 1920s | witness2fashion [PAR] Feb 28, 2014 ... There is a widespread belief that the term "flapper" was first applied to ... their 
Mystik Boots, which closed with Hookless slide fasteners instead of snaps or 
buckles. ... Company asked Hookless for exclusive rights to use their fasteners. ... 
Look for and find the name Goodrich on the shoe . . . only in this way... [DOC] [TLE] "Kleenex" & "Q-Tip" as generic nouns. - Google Groups [PAR] Is there a word for the practice of using a brand name as a noun? .... using "
Kleenex" as a noun, but it's not generification. ... is what caused "Frigidaire" to 
become the "generic" term in some .... Although "slide fastener" is used, I think, in 
Britain, most Americans .... B.F. Goodrich sued to protect ...... galoshes equipped 
with it. [DOC] [TLE] A History of the English Language - Scribd [PAR] New words are constantly introduced in the language, other words become 
obsolete ... English is also used as a second language throughout the world. .... 
The Angles took their name from that angle or corner of land which goes into the 
...... fitted with a slide fastener has become the universal name for the fastener 
itself. [DOC] [TLE] Book reports; book reviews. - Donald Sauter's web home [PAR] Back to index of "words and books and such" pages by Donald Sauter. ... NOTE, 
Mar 2002: I moved MUSIC-related book reports to their own page, which .... such 
as James Clark Ross and Francis McClintock studied and used Eskimo ways

Question: This name that Goodrich used for its galoshes with slide fasteners became a generic term for the fasteners
Answer: zipper