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Cellophane, linoleum and escalator used to be trade names but they are among many that have lost their trademark.
lastlib
(23,364 posts)CincyDem
(6,418 posts)northoftheborder
(7,575 posts)underpants
(183,006 posts)BF Goodrich came up with once they owned the rights to the product
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,727 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
(18,483 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
(7,356 posts)IcyPeas
(21,934 posts)cayugafalls
(5,659 posts)Also,
X-acto Knife
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,727 posts)Oh, you said "common usage."
Fla Dem
(23,872 posts)SeattleVet
(5,483 posts)A Bayer trademarked name from way back...
hlthe2b
(102,508 posts)Brother Buzz
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(4,752 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,288 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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(61,771 posts)Totally Tunsie
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(11,347 posts)Draino
Crocs
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