Private company

Davison Design & Development

Logo: davison.com3

Invention promotion firm1

Davison Design & Development, formerly Davison & Associates is a product development company. The company is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was founded in 1989 by George Davison.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1989Founded1

Davison Design & Development, formerly Davison & Associates is a product development company. The company is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was founded in 1989 by George Davison.2

Products and brands

Davison Design & Development provides new product development services to inventors, corporations and entrepreneurs using a nine-step process intended to bring new products and inventions to market. Davison Design & Development services include research, industrial design, virtual reality, video, animation, product prototypes, packaging, presentation to manufacturers and royalty management.

Products designed by Davison Design & Development include the Hover Creeper, Meatball Baker, Bread It breading stations, the BikeBoard, Pugz Shoes, the HydroBone for dogs and the 360° Wrist Therapy Brace. Davison Design & Development says that it produces approximately 200 prototypes per month, and its products have been sold in 1,000 retail stores and online venues. The firm has received several International Design Excellence Awards from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), formerly sponsored by I.D. Magazine and BusinessWeek, now sponsored by the Annual Design Review. In 2007, Davison Design & Development received an honorable mention in I.D. Magazine's 2007 design review competition.

From Wikipedia’s article on Davison Design & Development, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1989Founded 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.

Money received by year$1.3M 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $1.3M in all. PPP loans $1.3M.$0$500K$1M$1.5M2020 · PPP loans: $1.3M2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$1.3M$1.3M

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.

  1. Apr 29, 2020$1.3M PPP loan (first draw) from Citizens Bank, National Association5To DAVISON DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, INC., Pittsburgh PA; $1.3M forgiven Sep 16, 2021