Early Winters, Ltd. of Seattle, Washington, USA was founded in 1972 by William S. Nicolai, who formed the company after creating a tent called the Omnipotent.[1] Early Winters was the first company to create and sell a consumer product made with Gore-Tex laminates produced by W.L. Gore & Associates in Elkton, Maryland. The first product made with Gore-Tex fabric debuted in 1976 and was a streamlined, two-person tent called The Light Dimension.[2] The tent was created by Nicolai and William H. Edwards and was marketed by Ron Zimmerman.