|
Patent-
number |
Hinges |
Chimney |
Bottom |
Case-
styling |
Case-
finish |
Insert |
Special-Features |
1932 |
Pat.
Pending |
3 Barrel
outside |
16 Holes |
Flat |
Square
Corner |
Chrome on
Solid Brass |
Polish
Brass |
|
1933 |
Pat.
Pending |
3 Barrel
outside |
16 Holes |
Flat |
Square
Corner |
Chrome on
Solid Brass |
Polish
Brass |
Two diagonal Lines on the
Lid and the Case |
1934 |
Pat.
Pending |
3 Barrel
outside |
16 Holes |
Flat |
Square
Corner |
Chrome on
Solid Brass |
Polish
Brass |
1/4 inch shorter |
1935 |
Pat.
Pending |
3 Barrel
outside |
16 Holes |
Flat |
Square
Corner |
Chrome on
Solid Brass |
Polish
Brass |
|
EARLY
1936 |
Pat.
Pending |
4 Barrel
outside |
16 Holes |
Flat |
Square
Corner |
Chrome on
Solid Brass |
Polish
Brass |
3/3/1936 giving the patent
of a “Pocket-Lighter” |
LATE
1936 |
Pat.
2032695 |
4 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Flat |
Square
Corner |
Chrome on
Solid Brass |
Polish
Brass |
|
1937 |
Pat.
2032695 |
4 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Flat |
Rounded
Corner |
Chrome on
Solid Brass |
Polish
Brass |
|
1938 |
Pat.
2032695 |
4 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Flat |
Rounded
Corner |
Chrome on
Solid Brass |
Polish
Brass |
|
1939 |
Pat.
2032695 |
4 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Flat |
Rounded
Corner |
Chrome on
Solid Brass |
Polish
Brass |
The end of diagonal
Lines |
1940 |
Pat.
2032695 |
4 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Flat |
Rounded
Corner |
Chrome on
Solid Brass |
Polish
Brass |
|
EARLY
1941 |
Pat.
2032695 |
4 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Flat |
Rounded
Corner |
Chrome on
Solid Brass |
Polish
Brass |
|
LATE
1941 |
Pat.
2032695 |
4 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Flat |
Rounded
Corner |
BlackCrackle
on Steel |
Steel |
Some Cases were chrome
On Steel |
1942 |
Pat.
2032695 |
4 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Flat |
Rounded
Corner |
BlackCrackle
on Steel |
Steel |
Some were stamped in
Error Pat.”203695” |
1943 |
Pat.
2032695 |
3 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Round |
Rounded
Corner |
BlackCrackle
on Steel |
Steel |
|
1944 |
Pat.
2032695 |
3 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Round |
Rounded
Corner |
BlackCrackle
on Steel |
Steel |
|
1945 |
Pat.
2032695 |
3 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Round |
Rounded
Corner |
BlackCrackle
on Steel |
Steel |
|
1946 |
Pat.
2032695 |
3 Barrel
inside |
14 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
New Style
So as today |
Nickel
Silver |
Nickel
Silver |
Only ´46 Zippos were
made in Nickel Silver |
1947 |
Pat.
2032695 |
3 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Brass |
Nickel |
|
1948 |
Pat.
2032695 |
3 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Brass |
Nickel |
|
1949 |
Pat.
2032695 |
3 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Brass |
Nickel |
|
1950 |
Pat.
2032695 |
5 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Brass |
Nickel |
Only ´50 & early '51 Zippos were
made in Leather |
1951 |
Pat.
2032695 |
5 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Brass |
Nickel |
|
1952 |
Pat.
2032695 |
5 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Steel |
Stainlesss
Steel |
|
1953 |
Pat2517191 ®
Pat Pend |
5 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Steel |
Stainless
Steel |
3/3/1953 the Pat.Nr. is
changed |
1954 |
Pat2517191 ®
Pat Pend |
5 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Steel |
Stainless
Steel |
|
1955 |
Pat2517191 ®
Pat Pend |
5 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Steel |
Stainless
Steel |
|
1956 |
Pat2517191 ®
Pat Pend |
5 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Steel |
Stainless
Steel |
|
1957 |
Pat2517191 ®
Pat Pend
|
5 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Steel |
Stainless
Steel |
There were a aluminum
Case only in ´57 |
1958 |
|
5 Barrel
inside |
16 Holes |
Canned
Bottom |
Today´s
Design |
Chrome over
Brass |
Stainless
Steel |
Till today these features
are not changed. |
1958 |
. . . .
Pat |
. . . .
2517191 |
|
1959 |
. . .
Pat |
. . . .
2517191 |
|
1960 |
. . .
Pat |
. . .
2517191 |
|
1961 |
. . .
Pat |
. .
2517191 |
|
1962 |
. .
Pat |
. .
2517191 |
|
1963 |
. .
Pat |
.
2517191 |
|
1964 |
.
Pat |
.
2517191 |
|
1965 |
.
Pat |
2517191 |
|
1966 |
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Pat |
| | | |
2517191 |
|
1967 |
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Pat |
| | |
2517191 |
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1967 |
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1968 |
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1969 |
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1970 |
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1971 |
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1972 |
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1973 |
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1974 |
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1975 |
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1976 |
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1977 |
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1978 |
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1979 |
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1980 |
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1981 |
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1982 |
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1983 |
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1984 |
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1985 |
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1986 |
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1986 |
G-L |
II |
|
1987 |
A-L |
III |
|
1988 |
A-L |
IV |
|
1989 |
A-L |
V |
|
1990 |
A-L |
VI |
|
1991 |
A-L |
VII |
|
1992 |
A-L |
VIII |
|
1993 |
A-L |
IX |
|
1994 |
A-L |
X |
|
1995 |
A-L |
XI |
|
1996 |
A-L |
XII |
|
1997 |
A-L |
XIII |
|
1998 |
A-L |
XIV |
|
1999 |
A-L |
XV |
|
2000 |
A-L |
2000
XVI |
|
2001 |
A-L |
01 |
|
2002 |
A-L |
02 |
|
2003 |
A-L |
03 |
|
2004 |
A-L |
04 |
|
2005 |
A-L |
05 |
|
2006 |
A-L |
06 |
|
2007 |
A-L |
07 |
|
2008 |
A-L |
08 |
|
2009 |
A-L |
09 |
|
2010 |
A-L |
10 |
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