One of the greatest things about the Klōs® is its surface area. Greater surface area = Greater design freedom Like the freedom to cover the closure with the same fabric used on the garment. The power of camouflage! In order to secure the fabric around the Klōs®, one canRead More…
Paradigm Shift: What it Means for the Zipper Business
Here at Zipr Shift LLC, we’re creating a zipper manufacturing paradigm shift. Hence, the name Zipr Shift. Investopedia (source linked) defines a ‘paradigm shift’ as “…a major change in how some process is accomplished… Paradigm shifts can require that entire departments be eliminated or created in some cases, and millions orRead More…
Mars Astronauts Need Better Zippers
Today, Donald Trump signed the NASA Transition Authorization Act which adds a manned mission to Mars as one of the space agency’s goals. A manned mission to Mars. AWESOME! But, if people really do want to get to Mars by 2018, then they’ll need a zipper that doesn’t rust, tarnish, orRead More…
Wardrobe Malfunctions
Male and female celebrities alike suffer of zipper woes. Imagine the embarrassment. Numerous people are watching and one’s body is exposed. Million dollar net worth celebrities make headlines and have their image slightly tarnished because of a $0.60 closure. The best way to prevent this is to upgrade to a more durableRead More…
Closure Evolution: A Bio-inspired Design
It’s a good thing I was obsessed with zombies and skeletons in high school. Actually, I’m still obsessed with zombies… From those obsessions, I self-studied anatomy and physiology- is it really possible for zombies to exist?? The TV show The Walking Dead fueled this obsession even more. Anyway,Read More…
Back Stabbin’ Commies
The U.S. Department of Defense military industrial complex is an evil, communist regime. Yes, communist. No better than Soviet Russia. ITAR/EAR regulations discourage international trade Military controls prices of goods, delegates who gets to make the goods (procurement and government contracts) The masses are exploited – they take inventors ideasRead More…
On the Offensive Against the Dept. of Defense
America is not without its flaws. If you’ve read any of my previous posts about fraud and corruption, then you’ll understand that the Department of Defense goes to war against the very citizens that it was instituted to protect. Why? Envy and greed. Department of Defense researchers have beenRead More…
Website Redesign
For the past two weeks, the Zipr Shift website has been under construction. The website that we launched with and that had been up for about 6 months was really terrible. It wasn’t mobile responsive. It was not fit for a tech company. My apologies. I didn’t know what IRead More…
Klōs® Up
ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipppppp! The zipper is an onomatopoeia. In the 1920s B.F. Goodrich used the device on boots and gave it the name “zipper” after the zip sound that it makes when opened or closed. The zipper’s sound comes from the slider rubbing against the teeth of the zipper. Both theRead More…
ASTM Member
Zipr Shift is an organizational member of ASTM International. Our Hopes: ASTM will test our closure to re-standardize D2061 We hope this process will take less than 5 years We hope it’s a meritocracy where the strongest closure will indeed win We already have certified data about theRead More…