When we first started in 2019, our cages were called the KINK3D X-Lock Cobra. The idea was that "X-Lock" would be the name of our interoperable ecosystem, including cages, base rings, shaft rings, and more. The cages themselves, with their cobra-hood-shaped spine bar, would be named Cobra.
Good in theory! However, it was quite a mouthful. In 2021 we bit the bullet and ditched the X-Lock branding, simplifying the name of our first cage line to KINK3D Cobra. But the original name secretly lives on in the trademark 'X' engraving on the back of our base rings.