scott jordan headquarters ketchum idaho u.s. area served worldwide products apparel website scottevest.com scottevest is a clothing company based in ketchum idaho which specializes in garments with conduit systems and specialized pockets and compartments for holding mobile phones tablet computers and other portable electronic devices and managing and controlling their wires . 1 although marketed towards travellers the company also caters to users in the military and law enforcement who are required to carry multiple devices . 2 contents 1 origins 2 merchandise 3 media 4 references 5 external links origins edit scott jordan in 2012 as scott evest the company was founded by scott jordan in 2000 in chicago illinois . evest references the company s first product described as a techie version of the classic fisherman s vest . 3 in 2002 the brand name was modified to reduce its similarity to ibm s lower case e following a lawsuit threat . 4 in 2003 the company moved headquarters from chicago to ketchum idaho . 5 in 2004 after another idaho company scott usa sued the company for violating their company trademark by using the word scott the case was settled by concatenation of scott evest into a single word . 6 the company has been known as scottevest since recording a steady annual revenue growth from 20 to 40 percent . 7 in december 2013 the company estimated the year s sales at 10 million dollars 85 % of this coming through the website . 7 merchandise edit man wearing a sev expedition scottevest coat 2011 described by jordan as travel clothing that doesn t look like travel clothing 1 scottevest coats and jackets are deliberately designed to circumnavigate baggage allowance weight and space restrictions by enabling wearers to stash the usual contents of their carry on bag in up to 42 specially designed pockets . 8 9 the designs are engineered to distribute the weight of the loaded pockets evenly across the garment maintaining a slim non bulky silhouette . 9 in addition to the jackets and outerwear more unusual products include boxer shorts with a pocket for a smartphone . 1 one signature design feature is incorporated channels for threading wires and flexes inspired by an accident jordan had after snagging the cable of his headphones on a door handle while running through an airport . 1 other designs incorporate flexible detachable solar panels made using cigs on a stainless steel substrate intended to be used to charge gadgets . 10 11 scottevest were the first to offer a wearable battery for recharging google glass incorporated into a shirt . 1 12 media edit on 1 march 2012 jordan represented scottevest on episode 307 of the abc show shark tank where he chose not to accept investment offers of up to 1 million . 13 jordan s autobiography pocket man the unauthorized autobiography of a passionate personal promoter was published on 30 october 2014 . 14 references edit a b c d e conner cheryl 7 january 2014 . how wearable tech s scottevest is setting the bar for pr . forbes.com . retrieved 28 november 2014 . wichner david 9 september 2004 . locals give jacket its zap . arizona daily star via highbeam subscription required . retrieved 28 november 2014 . hanson dan february 2002 . eindustry our entreprenerd tries out the latest gadgets and rates the new mayor . . inside business magazine . great lakes publishing . retrieved 28 november 2014 . swanson sandra 8 august 2005 . david v. goliath . chicago business . retrieved 28 november 2014 . foley gregory 23 june 2004 . a war of the scotts looms scott usa sues scottevest for trademark violations . idaho mountain express . retrieved 22 may 2014 . foley gregory 2004 . scott usa settles trademark suit pdf . idaho mountain express . retrieved 22 may 2014 . a b pullen john patrick 29 december 2013 . a tech driven apparel company pockets big sales . the entrepreneur january 2014 . entrepreneur media inc. retrieved 28 november 2014 . upe robert 30 april 2014 . how to beat carry on baggage restrictions meet the scottevest coat . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 22 may 2014 . a b kim soo 2 may 2014 . the trench coat that beats baggage charges . the daily telegraph . retrieved 22 may 2014 . cho gilsoo ; seungsin lee ; jayoung cho . 2010 . review and reappraisal of smart clothing . in gilsoo cho . smart clothing technology and applications online ausg . . ed . . boca raton fl crc press . p. 11 . isbn 9781420088533 . hurford r. d. 2009 . types of smart clothes and wearable technology . in j. mccann ; d. bryson . smart clothes and wearable technology . cambridge woodhead publishing ltd. pp. 25 44 . isbn 9781845695668 . lanier xavier . the shirt that powers google glass . gottabemobile.com . retrieved 22 may 2014 . shark tank episode 307 . abc . abc television network . 1 march 2012 . archived from the original on 28 november 2014 . retrieved 28 november 2014 . jordan scott 30 october 2014 . pocket man the unauthorized autobiography of a passionate personal promoter . poodle press . isbn 0692315594 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to scottevest . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title scottevest & oldid 743093853 categories clothing companies of the united statesoutdoor clothing brandscompanies based in idaho2000 establishments in illinois2003 establishments in idahohidden categories subscription required using viapages containing links to subscription only contentcommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 19 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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