Yakima: 2008 Hitch Racks
January 14, 2009
The Yakima SwingDaddy, Flipside, and Doubledown were designed as a family to update the Yakima hitch line with current design language. I started working at Yakima in the midst of this program. My responsibilities included structural engineering and design completion of the Doubledown mast and tongue, adding a unique damping washer to the Flipside, prototyping and testing all three products, and completing design of many plastic parts. In November, 2007 I traveled to Nanjing, China to visit the weldment supplier and review first article samples.
These products were introduced in spring, 2008 and are currently on the market.
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