but the first zippers looked so odd that no one was interested. Actually, a one point, the U.S. government bought some zippers to seal postal bags but they didn't work well, and the experiment was soon abandoned. Another man by the name of Gideon Sandback made improvements to the zipper, and more and more people began to use them. Zippers, however, were still considered strange and novel objects-they originally came with instruction on how to use them