Who we are and how our R7 caster was invented.

"Let me tell you a quick back story of how this all started. Years ago, I had a corporate meeting with a large nursing home chain that was a significant client of ours, they operated around 300 locations and asked me to look at a problem they were having with their dining room tables they were purchasing from another company. The tables had a 3 wheeled caster mounted under the center of a table base with a foot lever you needed to push down on while you lift up the side of the table. The problem with this was, as the tables would be moved, they could easily tip over just by hitting a crack in the floor. 

After scratching my head a few times, I told them I'd put some thought into this and try to come up with a solution.

As I was driving home, I kept thinking - wouldn't it be great if a caster could lower and lock the wheels just by raising the side of the tables. 

The next day in the office, I showed my 2 engineers the problem and what I had in mind. First response was "I wouldn't have the first clue", second and third responses were even worse, pretty much just a "pipedream". Not caring much for any of these answers I kept working on it for about a year and a half. 

In any case, to cut a long story short, I eventually discovered the method to make it lock and unlock and patented the idea. When I first invented this I had around 4 or 5 parts to make it operate, now it's down to 3... I might be a little biased but I'm really happy with what a great product this turned out to be and really excited to share this with people that need to move things easier..."

Bob Bennington owner/inventor