In the most recent application, they double-bag to compensate for weakness and out of fear the first bag will burst. In the beginning, Ziploc (R) and Ultraseal (R) were the prime choices for closures. So I’m guessing they tested those closures, the closures failed, and they have to hunt forRead More…
Tag: patent
Let’s See if I Receive a Reply
This morning I wrote a letter to a few inventors. Backstory: (what they invented) https://patents.google.com/patent/US10301073B1/ (2nd sentence reference) http://www.zipintothefuture.com/its-not-a-pipeline-problem/ Links in Email: innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9933788 https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/890409 Text of Email Below: Hello All, My name is Tesia and I am the inventor of a unique closure system. I contacted Gregory [redacted] several yearsRead More…
Zipr Shift Failure?
The hardest part about responding to everyone’s testing questions is… so many don’t apply. Not only do many zipper consumers not understand the testing requirements of current zippers, but they’re all stuck in a mindset of nitpicking between the exact same things. All toothed zippers look and function the same/similarly.Read More…
Broken Zippers, Business, Fashion, Industry, Military, Packaging, Product Development, Replacements, Technical
YKK® Lobby
Many of the people who email me from the defense side talk about the “YKK LOBBY!” Even at AUSA, someone screamed, “Bring down the YKK lobby!” Everyone tells me YKK® dominates zipper procurement. I think this is why I’m having such a tough time obtaining federal funding for something EVERYRead More…
Watch This Documentary!
Featuring me and my buddies. Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Invalidated-Josh-Malone/dp/B07G2T6YV1/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/invalidated/id1407074454 …and please, if you’d like to support what we’re doing, then contact your representative in support of our bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6557?q={“search”%3A[“H.R.+6557”]}&r=1 Also let your Congress Persons know you support RALIA + IPA (betterRead More…
Small Business SBIR Advice
NSRDEC (AND OTHER GOVERNMENT) PROCUREMENT AND RESEARCHERS ARE TRAINED TO STEAL FROM YOU Hear a Natick army employee tell exactly how that happens: https://jgpis.org/podcast/let-their-own-words-condemn-them/ OR https://clyp.it/qku4bvyd Straight from the source. Note: If it’s not dual use, then you’re screwed. ITAR/EAR is nothing to mess with. The military has an even betterRead More…
Sovereign Immunity & Government Contracting
Let it be known that I am 100% willing to work with the government (DoD agencies and others) in order to get my product to them. I’d like to produce it for the government as the sole source contractor as it is proprietary to me. But, I really don’t careRead 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…
An IDEAL® Partnership?
“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” – Otto van Bismark “The Large Competitor Steals the Innovations of the Underdog Inventor” by History It’s a story as old as… The story of David and Goliath. The story of aRead More…