Wilmington-based Freaker USA expanding brand

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — It’s been a few years since the Wilmington-based company Freaker USA launched their brand of one size fits all beverage insulators. Zach Crain, the founder of the company who was featured on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” says the brand is expanding.

After the appearance on the show in 2012, Crain’s items became wildly popular; Freakers are now sold in more than 2,000 stores worldwide. Thanks to the website Kick Starter a couple of years later, Crain says the company has become very successful.

Their next item Crain is hoping to add to the company – Freaker Feet – a new line of socks with the same kind of flair you see with their Freakers.

“You’re putting it on just for a sock like, “This is just a sock,” Crain said. Now it’s like this is a sock but I’m also feeling really good about it and where it came from.”

Crain says the main focus of his company is keeping the production in America.

Freaker USA has created another page on the Kick Starter website which will allow you to fund the sock project.

In return, you will receive new product and help a local business reach their goal.

You can donate to the project by going to www.kickstarter.com and searching Freaker Feet.