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…
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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…
Yes, ANY Material
So many prospective customers always ask me, “What can you make the zipper out of?” I always answer, “Any material.” There are materials that we’ve already made closures out of and materials that we haven’t made closures out of…yet. And, yes, we probably could make a closure out of staleRead More…
Little But Mighty
The power of standardization is that ZS closures are ALWAYS air-tight, water-tight, and gas-tight no matter their size. The shape is constant. The only difference is the dimensions of the shape. The ZS closure can be smaller, larger, or the same size as an old-fashioned closure…such as aRead 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…
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…
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…
Happy New Year: 2017
This year marks the 166th year since the first zipper was created. 2016 was a rough year for Zipr Shift in that our biggest customer in the protective gear market, the Department of Defense, wants to steal our technology instead of help us. But, we successfully marketed the productRead More…
Research Breakthrough from an Individual, Non-Credentialed Scientist
In dealing with the U.S. Army this year, I know they find it incredulous that I invented the solution to a problem they’ve been trying to solve for decades. Well, I did. They’re just going to have to accept that. I mean, they could remain in denial; however, they needRead More…