Floyd Paxton
{{Short description|American inventor (1918–1975)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Floyd Paxton
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| birth_name = Floyd Greg Paxton
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|03|17}}
| birth_place = Redlands, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|12|10|1918|03|17}}
| death_place = Yakima, Washington, U.S.
| occupation = Engineer, inventor, businessman
}}
Floyd Greg Paxton (March 17, 1918 – December 10, 1975{{cite news | title=John Birch Society, on the national board of directors| newspaper=Washington Post | page=A20 | date=1975-12-13 }}) was a manufacturer of ballbearings during World War II, and later inventor of the bread clip, a notched plastic tag used for sealing bags of bread worldwide.[https://www.kwiklok.com/learn-more-about-kwik-lok-bag-closure-company Kwik Lok History]
Bread clip
Paxton conceived the notion of the bread clip when he was flying in 1952; this resulted later in him founding the company Kwik Lok, in Yakima, Washington.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-03-13/twist-ties-vs-dot-plastic-clips-tiny-titans-battle-for-the-bakery-aisle|title=Twist-Ties vs. Plastic Clips: Tiny Titans Battle for the Bakery Aisle|last=Lukas|first=Paul|website=Bloomberg.com|date=13 March 2013 |access-date=2016-03-30}}
Other pursuits
Paxton was best known in the state of Washington for his very conservative political views. During the 1960s he was on the national board of directors of the John Birch Society.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ddB7do2jUx8C&dat=19751211&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |page=2|date=11 December 1975|title=Birch Society Figure Floyd Paxton is Dead|access-date=2016-03-30}} He made four unsuccessful runs for Congress. He founded a conservative newspaper, The Yakima Eagle, which did not attract a subscriber base and soon folded. Paxton and his wife, Grace, had a running battle with the Internal Revenue Service over a family trust set up to avoid taxation, resulting in years of litigation and appeals with the IRS—with the Paxtons ultimately losing.
{{cite book | title=Gold Warriors: The Covert History of Yamashita's Treasure | pages=175–177 | url={{google books|n3c_gKdOXAcC|page=175|plainurl=y}}|author1=Seagrave, Peggy |author2=Seagrave, Sterling|publisher=Verso Books|year=2003|isbn=1-85984-542-8}} He died of a heart attack in December 1975 at the age of 57. He left a son, Jerre Paxton, who became a leading figure in the state's horse-racing community.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102502417.html |title=Trainer Defies Odds for Run at Breeders' |first=John |last=Scheinman |date=October 26, 2007 |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=2022-07-02}}
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Category:20th-century American engineers
Category:20th-century American inventors
Category:John Birch Society members
Category:People from Redlands, California
Category:People from Yakima, Washington
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