He wanted to develop a pedestal which was relatively simple in design without a lot of parts, it had to be retrofitable so it can be mounted underneath existing seats, it had to be versatile so you can use it both under a single seat , a bench seat, or a bolster seat, and it had to be cost effective. Seaspension® was born out of these criteria, and a U.S. Patent was awarded, and afterwards, several other foreign patents were awarded as well.
Peter initially started another company in Largo in 1999, where most of the effort was spent developing the Seaspension® product lines. Extensive testing, both in real-time sea conditions and in the lab, was done to ensure that a strong, but lightweight and reliable product developed.
Seaspension Technologies, Inc. was founded to channel all the previous resources into today’s premier shock-mitigating systems for boat seats. Granted, there are some other products out there, most of which were designed specifically for military purposes or came from the trucking industry, but we like to say that dollar for dollar, pound for pound, we offer the best performance of any marine shock mitigating system.