Forward Industries, Inc. (Forward) designs, markets, and distributes carry and protective solutions primarily for hand held electronic devices, including medical monitoring and diagnostic kits, bar code scanners, global positioning system (GPS) and location devices, cellular telephones, laptop computers, and Moving Picture Experts Group Layer-3 Audio (MP3) players. Its technology solutions include soft-sided carrying cases, bags, clips, hand straps, protective plates and skins, and other accessories. The Company also designs, markets and distributes carry and protective solutions for other consumer products, such as firearms, sporting and recreational products, and aeronautical products. Forward�s customers are the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), of these electronic and other consumer products (or the contract manufacturing firms of these OEM customers) that either package its carry solution products as accessories in box together with their product offerings.