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Cellophane, linoleum and escalator used to be trade names but they are among many that have lost their trademark.
lastlib
(23,286 posts)CincyDem
(6,385 posts)northoftheborder
(7,574 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)BF Goodrich came up with once they owned the rights to the product
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)Alex Trebek said the fastener was named after the boots.
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The popular North American term zipper, (UK zip, or occasionally zip-fastener), came from the B. F. Goodrich Company in 1923. The company opted to use Gideon Sundback's fastener on a new type of rubber boots (or galoshes) and referred to it as the zipper, and the name stuck. The two chief uses of the zipper in its early years were for closing boots and tobacco pouches. Zippers began being used for clothing in 1925 by Schott Bros. on leather jackets.
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discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)Last I knew this term was not to found in Air Force logistics for reorder. Back in the day the subject item could be ordered (if you speak GI) exactly where you would think, alphabetically under "Fastener, Interlocking Slide".
I suppose today you would just order a new jacket.
And why not, Ivanka probably has them made somewhere that they are imported from with a reasonable markup.
intrepidity
(7,336 posts)IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)cayugafalls
(5,643 posts)Also,
X-acto Knife
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)Oh, you said "common usage."
Fla Dem
(23,741 posts)SeattleVet
(5,479 posts)A Bayer trademarked name from way back...
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)Brother Buzz
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(4,751 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,270 posts)There is really no comparison.
On the other hand I will call any glass baking dish Pyrex even if it isn't
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)My business degree is from Bryant College (now University), at one time located in Providence, RI.
Mr. Earl Tupper (yes, that one) was also a graduate of Bryant College many years before. In the late 1960s, when Tupperware was all the rage, Earl Tupper generously donated to his (our) Alma Mater 428 acres of astounding rolling hillside in Smithfield, RI, for the purpose of developing a new campus. The new school opened in 1971 and is known as Bryant University, Tupper Campus.
https://explore.bryant.edu/portal/visitcampus?gclid=Cj0KCQjwpNr4BRDYARIsAADIx9zWRFog3kKpr6Zzeh2f_28I2ZqoJYnX1dLAO6QT8lKCAIpXbLNUEEgaAkzLEALw_wcB
Tupper(ware) is a special name in this area.
Angleae
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chia
(2,244 posts)yardwork
(61,703 posts)Totally Tunsie
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(11,345 posts)Draino
Crocs
Leatherman
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