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| Tom White,
inventor and award-winning industrial designer, is president
of Ergo, LLC, a design and manufacturing firm for innovative
recreation products. The company’s flagship product
is “The SEAT”, an ergonomic bicycle seat that
offers a significantly more comfortable ride and healthy
alternative to conventional bike seats on the market today. |
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is also president of Daedalus,
Inc.,
a research and development industrial design firm specializing
for aerospace, industrial, commercial and consumer products.
An experienced industrial designer, White has 32 patents,
with 18 for seat designs that go beyond just bicycles. |
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Tom White’s
doctor suggested he take up bicycling for exercise 10
years ago. White couldn’t jog because of his football
knee problems, so biking was his alternative. He enjoyed
bicycling, but found the traditional seats very uncomfortable.
White also recognized that there were several health problems
related to bicycle riding. Traditional seats, with their
saddle horn, cause blood circulation to be cut off to
the genitalia or pubic areas, which causes pain and may
lead to sexual dysfunction. The horn on conventional saddle-style
seats forces riders to support themselves on soft tissue
and tender organs not intended to carry the weight of
the body.
White decided his mission was to create a comfortable
bicycle seat that would alleviate many of these health
problems. “Initially I developed ‘The SEAT’
to ease the pain I experienced while bike riding. I figured
if I was dissatisfied, others must be too.” After
10 years of research and development, he has patented
a new comfortable, ergonomic design for “The SEAT.”
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Previously,
White was head of industrial design for Boeing Commercial
Airplane, responsible for human-interface design management
and development of flight deck and passenger accommodations
for all new commercial airlines and military aircraft.
He also worked in industrial design for leading companies
such as Rubbermaid Industrial Products, Bell Helicopter,
and LTV Aerospace.
White received his BA in Industrial Design from Auburn
University in Alabama. |
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Inventions & Designs by Tom White: |
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Flight
decks (cockpits) for Boeing jets |
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Operator
station for aircraft refueling |
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Passenger
and cockpit seats for Boeing jets |
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The
first Rubbermaid Mobile Tote Trash Can |
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Bell
Helicopter tilt rotor fuselage (XV15) |
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others that can be viewed at Daedalus,
Inc. |
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| Press
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