|
|
Patent-
number
|
Hinges |
Chimney
|
Bottom
|
Case-
styling
|
Case-
finish
|
Insert |
Special-Features
|
LATE
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 Barrel33
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 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 this features
are not changed.
|
|
1958
|
. . . .
Pat2517191
|
. . . .
Pat Pend
|
|
|
1958
|
. . . .
Pat2517191
|
. . . .
|
|
|
1958
|
. . . .
Pat
|
. . . .
2517191
|
|
|
1959
|
. . . .
Pat2517191
|
. . .
Pat Pend
|
|
|
1959
|
. . . .
Pat
|
. . .
2517191
|
|
|
1960
|
. . .
Pat
|
. . .
2517191
|
|
|
1961
|
. . .
Pat
|
. .
2517191
|
|
|
1962
|
. .
Pat
|
. .
2517191
|
|
|
1963
|
. .
Pat
|
.
2517191
|
|
|
1964
|
.
Pat
|
.
2517191
|
|
|
1965
|
.
Pat
|
2517191
|
|
|
1966
|
| | | |
Pat
|
| | | |
2517191
|
|
|
1967
|
| | | |
Pat
|
| | |
2517191
|
|
|
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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|
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|
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1975
|
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|
///
|
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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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|
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|
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1983
|
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|
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|
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1984
|
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|
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|
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|
1985
|
\\\
|
\\
|
|
|
1986
|
\\
|
\\
|
|
|
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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