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Swivler is a manufacturer of snowboard bindings, snowboard binding rotating devices, LBEV (load bearing equipment vest), and accessories. The company is headquartered in Woodland, Washington.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Sporting goods |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Woodland, Washington |
Key people | Rick Albert White, Founder |
| Products | Snowboard equipment, apparel, accessories |
Number of employees | 47 (2008) |
| Website | http://www.swivler.com/ |
Company overview edit
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Swivler built a snowboard binding rotating device and other products that are marketed worldwide—mainly in North America, Europe, and Australia.[1][2]
History edit
In 2002, Rick A. White invented a snowboard binding rotating device to minimize the torque force that occurs when a snowboarder has one foot out of the binding and one locked on the board. The rotating device allows the snowboarder to turn the locked foot straight into the direction of the tip of the snowboard without removing his boot from the boot binding.[3] In 2004, the invention was first introduced on the SIA fare. In 2007, the rotating mechanism was implemented into a snowboard strap-in binding.[4]
Technology edit
Rotatable binding conversion apparatus (US Patent 6,575,489 B1).
References edit
- ^ "United States Patent: 6575489 - Snowboard rotatable binding conversion apparatus".
- ^ "United States Patent: 7992888 - Blockless highback binding".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Nowtash, Nuñez, Hill, Welker (2009) Design of a Snowboard Binding; p.10
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