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The original wrist water bottle.
Swiggies was invented by Julie Austin and is made by HydroSport USA, a woman-owned company. It has sold over a million units in 25 countries, and it is still run by the inventor.
How it started
Invented out of necessity.
Julie Austin was running through the Texas countryside in the summer heat when she realized she had nothing to drink. She was carrying her keys and her music, but both hands were full, and there was no easy way to carry water. She passed out from dehydration on that run, and a passerby got her to the hospital.
She wanted a hands-free water bottle. Nothing like it existed. So she decided to build one.
The most natural place to carry water on a run was the wrist. Julie shaped a prototype out of clay, took it to a mold maker, and the very first version worked. Two bottles, 11 ounces of water, hands free. Freeze them overnight and they cool you down on a hot day. That first design is still the product today.
Julie Austin · Inventor & Founder
The company
Made by a woman-owned company that has done this for two decades.
Rather than sign her invention away, Julie chose to manufacture it herself and build her own network of distributors and reps. Swiggies is made for HydroSport USA, LLC, a woman-owned business based in Plano, Texas.
1M+
bottles sold
25
countries
Woman-owned
HydroSport USA
Plano, TX
made in the USA
Why it is the original
Protected by trade dress, not just a good idea.
Julie secured a coveted trade dress for the contoured bottle design that fits on the wrist. Very few independent inventors ever manage to secure this kind of protection. Unlike a patent, trade dress lasts for as long as the design is in use.
That is why Swiggies can call itself the original wrist water bottle. Knockoffs come and go. This is the one with the history, the trade dress, and the track record behind it.
Recognition
Awarded, and widely covered.
NASDAQ Product of the Year
Semi-finalist.
Toyman Award
For innovation and quality, voted on by consumers.
Creative Child Magazine
Product of the Year winner.
Swiggies and Julie have appeared on the Today Show, HGTV, Lifetime, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News, and in Inc., Fast Company, and the Wall Street Journal. See the coverage on the press page.
The inventor
Julie Austin.
Julie is an award-winning inventor and author. Fewer than 15 percent of patent holders worldwide are women, and Julie is one of them. She has been featured in the books “Patently Female” and “Girls Think of Everything,” and she speaks to corporations and organizations around the world about innovation.
She still runs the company. When you request a quote, you are working with the team of the person who invented the product.
Put the original on every wrist.
Custom-branded for your event, team, or company. Or buy a set for yourself.