articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2012 swivler inc. 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 swivler is a manufacturer of snowboard bindings snowboard binding rotating devices lbev load bearing equipment vest and accessories . the company headquarters is in woodland washington . contents 1 company overview 2 history 3 marketing promotion 4 technology 5 references company overview edit swivler built a snowboard binding rotating device . swivler products 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 marketing promotion edit in order to attract rider interest swivler sponsors riders and events . technology edit rotatable binding conversion apparatus us patent 6 575 489 b1 references edit http patft.uspto.gov netacgi nph parser sect1 pto2 & sect2 hitoff & p 1 & u % 2fnetahtml % 2fpto % 2fsearch bool.html & r 18 & f g & l 50 & co1 and & d ptxt & s1 5 876 045 & os 5 876 045 & rs 5 876 045 http patft.uspto.gov netacgi nph parser sect1 pto2 & sect2 hitoff & u % 2fnetahtml % 2fpto % 2fsearch adv.htm & r 23 & f g & l 50 & d ptxt & p 1 & p 1 & s1 5 984 325 & os 5 984 325 & rs 5 984 325 http www1.va.gov vetevent wsc 2005 skigram2005mon.pdf nowtash nu ez hill welker 2009 design of a snowboard binding ; p. 10 companies portal this snowboarding related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title swivler & oldid 601839757 categories sporting goods manufacturers of the united statesclothing companies of the united statessnowboarding companiesprivately held companies based in washington state snowboarding stubshidden categories orphaned articles from december 2012all orphaned articlesall stub articles 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 29 march 2014 at 17 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view