Private company
Cascade Designs
Logo: cascadedesigns.com4
American outdoor recreation products company
Cascade Designs is an American company specializing in outdoor recreation products. It is located in Seattle, Washington, and Reno, Nevada, and was founded in 1972 by two former Boeing engineers, who were avid backpackers. Their first product innovation was the self-inflating camping mattress, marketed as Therm-a-Rest.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersSeattle1
- Websitewww.cascadedesigns.com
- Legal formProfit Corporation3
- LEI549300H3N4VCLATOV7853
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressC/O REGISTERED AGENT SOLUTIONS, INC., 98501 Tumwater, United States3
- Registered withCorporations Division (Office of the Secretary of State), 600 069 7963
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Cascade Designs is an American company specializing in outdoor recreation products. It is located in Seattle, Washington, and Reno, Nevada, and was founded in 1972 by two former Boeing engineers, who were avid backpackers. Their first product innovation was the self-inflating camping mattress, marketed as Therm-a-Rest. In 2015, Cascade Designs moved 1/5 of its workforce to Reno to take advantage of lower wages.2
Corporate structure
Cascade Designs sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Cascade Designs Olympia, Washington, United States
- Mountain Safety Research Subsidiary · Seattle
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Cascade Designs reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Also owns
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1972Founded Founded1
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- PPP loans $4.6M
Figures by year
| Year | PPP loans | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $4.6M | $4.6M |
PPP loans
Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA5. Matched to this company by name and state.
- Apr 9, 2020$4.6M PPP loan (first draw) from JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association5To CASCADE DESIGNS, INC., Seattle WA; $4.7M forgiven Jul 29, 2021
Links
- Websitewww.cascadedesigns.com1
- WikipediaCascade Designs
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ5048130
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataCascade Designs on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCascade Designs on Wikipedia
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- 4Company websiteCascade Designs logo
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