Comments on: RUBBER SUIT KEEPS MOTORIST DRY AND COMFORTABLE

By: nlpnt

nlpnt — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:18:17 +0000

In the 1920s, closed cars were becoming more andmore popular every year- by 1924 it must have almost reached 50-50.

By: Firebrand38

Firebrand38 — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:13:52 +0000

And here is the patent assigned to B.F. Goodrich http://www.google.com/patents?.....astener%22

By: Stannous

Stannous — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:26:06 +0000

Note that the word ‘zipper’ is no where to be found.
I wonder if this is a BF Goodrich product since I found this at Wiki:
The B. F. Goodrich Company coined the name “Zipper” in 1923 for the line of rubber overshoes that it made using the fastener. The name slowly came to be associated with the fastener itself, and eventually acquired generic status.

By: rbb

rbb — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:17:45 +0000

Now, we (or at least astronauts) have diapers to keep us “dry and comfortable” on those long, cross country drives in the middle of the night…

By: Jim Dunn

Jim Dunn — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:12:51 +0000

Little-known fact: All-over body sweating didn’t develop in humans until the late 1940s. So the person wearing an all-rubber suit back when this thing was developed didn’t have to worry about dissolving into a puddle of goo.

The more you know!