Whitcomb L. Judson He ultimately never saw much success in the "clasp-locker" as a fashion item during his lifetime. Judson made a "C-curity" clasp-locker fastener in 1905 which was an improved version of his previous patents. It tended to break open unexpectedly like the predecessors. Clothing manufacturers showed little interest in Judson's fastener perhaps because of this reason. An improved version of 1896 came with Judson made his invention to save people the trouble of buttoning and unbuttoning their shoes every day as shows in his wording in the patent application. He describes this in his patent U.S.P. 557,207 In 1913 the zipper
Judson, Texas winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Judson has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Judson, Texas Judson is an unincorporated community in Gregg County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 650 in 2000. It is part of the Longview, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Judson is located along Spur 502 (Judson Rd) in northern Gregg County, several miles north of Longview. Although it is unincorporated, Judson has a post office, with the ZIP code of 75660. Public education in the community is provided by the Longview