of the zipper, which when opened revealed the results of a search for Gideon Sundback. 1917 patent Sundback's (filed in 1914, issued in 1917): References Other sources Petroski, Henry (1992) The Evolution of Useful Things (Vintage Books) Friedel, Robert (1996) Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty (W. W. Norton and Company) External links An image of US patent no. 1219881 1880 births 1954 deaths American electrical engineers People from Jönköping Municipality Swedish emigrants to the United States Swedish electrical engineers 20th-century American inventors Burials at Greendale Cemetery