Patents and Innovations
- 1986 - Introduced and patented the first adjustable basketball pole on the market
- 1992 - Introduced its line of portable basketball systems
- 1992 - Invented and patented the friction weld joint for basketball poles
- 1993 - Invented a blow-molded base that is airtight and watertight
- 1995 - Invented blow-molded polyethylene tabletops
- 1995 - Invented a fully assembled, folding picnic table
- 1996 - Invented the Power Lift, the first one-hand, pneumatic height adjustment mechanism
- 1998 - Introduced blow-molded polyethylene folding banquet tables
- 2000 - Introduced the only folding chair to meet or exceed BIFMA standards
- 2001 - Introduced Mammoth Basketball Equipment, a line of professional-quality home basketball systems
- 2004 - Introduced the Shatter Proof Backboard, the first virtually unbreakable backboard made with Makrolon polycarbonate
- 2005 - Introduced its multi-branded line of outdoor storage sheds
- 2006 - Introduced an innovative new line of steel utility trailers
- 2007 - Introduced its line of residential playground equipment
- 2008 - Introduced a line of residential garden products
- 2010 - Invented a low cost tent trailer that carries an all-terrain vehicle
- 2010 - Acquired Dragonfly Innovations, expanding its offerings to include kayaks
- 2011 - Acquired Emotion Kayaks, making Lifetime one of the largest kayak manufacturers in the world
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“By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)