Document And Entity Information
hicka_AssetsOtherNoncurrentTotal
Total Non-Current Other Assets
Amount of noncurrent assets classified, as other.
Other (Income) and Expenses:
Note To Financial Statement Details Textual
Intangibles Assets
us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
Significant Accounting Policies
Note 4 - Inventory
Note 5 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net
Note 6 - Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
Note 7 - Bank Debt
Note 8 - Notes Payable
Note 9 - Leases
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
Warrant to Purchase Class A Common Stock [Member]
Information about the warrant to purchase class A common stock.
Note 10 - Earnings Per Common Share
Prepaid and Other Assets
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Note 11 - Acquisitions
Accounts Receivable
us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssetsReceivables
Note 13 - Segment and Related Information
hicka_LineOfCreditFacilityPercentOfEligibleProgressBillingAccounts
Line of Credit Facility, Percent of Eligible Progress Billing Accounts
Represents the percent of eligible progress billing accounts used in determining the the maximum borrowing amount under the credit facility agreement.
Note 4 - Inventory - Inventory (Details)
hicka_LineOfCreditFacilityPercentOfEligibleInventory
Line of Credit Facility, Percent of Eligible Inventory
Represents the percent of eligible inventory used in determining the the maximum borrowing amount under the credit facility agreement.
Cash
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Note 5 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net - Summary of Intangible Assets (Details)
Inventory
us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedInventory
Note 6 - Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Schedule of Property, Plant, and Equipment (Details)
Other non-current assets
Non-cash share-based compensation expense
hicka_LineOfCreditFacilityPercentOfEligibleAccounts
Line of Credit Facility, Percent of Eligible Accounts
Represents the percent of eligible accounts used in determining the the maximum borrowing amount under the credit facility agreement.
Note 7 - Bank Debt - Summary of Loan Balances (Details)
us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Total Current Liabilities
Note 8 - Notes Payable - Notes Due to Related Parties (Details)
Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]
Note 8 - Notes Payable - Notes Due to Related Parties (Details) (Parentheticals)
us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetUsefulLife
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life
Note 9 - Leases - Lease Assets and Liabilities (Details)
Note 10 - Earnings Per Common Share - Summary of Earnings Per Share Calculation (Details)
Note 11 - Acquisitions - Summary Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed of CAD Enterprises (Details)
Note 13 - Segment and Related Information - Information by Industry Segment (Details)
us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Total
Notes To Financial Statements
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]
Debt Conversion Description [Axis]
Debt Conversion, Name [Domain]
Operating Expenses:
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]
us-gaap_Depreciation
Depreciation, Total
Depreciation and amortization
Bank Debt
Test and Measurement [Member]
Represents the test and measurement segment consisting of diagnostic tools and equipment sold to the automotive industry and gauges sold primarily to companies in the aircraft and locomotive industries.
us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Total Current Assets
OTHER ASSETS:
Less current portion
Notes payable, current
Industrial Hose [Member]
Represents the industrial hose segment and consists primarily of flexible mental and silicone hose products designed and manufactured or distributed primarily to the trucking industry.
Convertible notes payable
Treasury shares, issued (in shares)
Common shares
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Common shares, authorized (in shares)
Common shares, issued (in shares)
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]
Common shares, par value (in dollars per share)
Accrued expenses
Accrued payroll and related expenses
Accrued income taxes
Statistical Measurement [Domain]
Maximum [Member]
Minimum [Member]
Accounts payable
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]
us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromProductiveAssets
Capital expenditures
Statistical Measurement [Axis]
Credit Facility [Axis]
Credit Facility [Domain]
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billing
Preferred shares, no par value - 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]
Trademarks [Member]
Preferred shares, issued (in shares)
Interest Paid
us-gaap_PolicyTextBlockAbstract
Accounting Policies
Prepaid Expenses and other current assets
Income Taxes Paid
Preferred shares, par value (in dollars per share)
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]
Preferred shares, authorized (in shares)
Inventories-less allowance for obsolete inventory
Net inventory
hicka_DisposalGroupExcludingDiscontinuedOperationNetAssetsSold
Disposal Group, Excluding Discontinued Operation, Net Assets Sold
Amount of net assets sold for the disposal, excluding discontinued operation.
Warrants, Options and Convertible Notes (in shares)
us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToCallOptionsAndWarrants
Work-in-process
Total sales
Sales
Cumulative effect of accounting change
Cumulative Effect on Retained Earnings, Net of Tax, Total
Less: inventory reserves
Seller Note [Member]
Represents the information pertaining to the Seller Note.
Finished products
us-gaap_InventoryGross
Total inventory
Weighted Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding
Noncompete Agreements [Member]
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Raw materials and component parts
us-gaap_Assets
Total Assets
Accrued Expense
hicka_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesAccruedExpenses
Amount of liabilities incurred for accrued expenses, assumed at the acquisition date.
Increase (Decrease) in unearned revenue
Accrued Payroll and related expenses
hicka_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAccruedPayroll
Amount of liabilities incurred for accrued payroll, assumed at the acquisition date.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net Income
us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]
Customer-Related Intangible Assets [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Mergers, Acquisitions and Dispositions Disclosures [Text Block]
First Francis [Member]
Represents First Francis Company Inc. (First Francis).
Accounts receivable less allowance for doubtful accounts
us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Number of Reportable Segments
Promissory Note 2 [Member]
Represents Promissory Note 2.
Contributed capital
Promissory Note 1 [Member]
Represents Promissory Note 1.
Building and Building Improvements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Axis]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Major Class Name [Domain]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Land [Member]
us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Other (income) expense, net
Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Axis]
us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total Other (Income) and Expenses
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Domain]
CURRENT ASSETS:
Net Income
Net Income
us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Less: accumulated amortization
Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization
Intangible assets, net
us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Other intangibles, gross
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities
Director [Member]
us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Operating Income
Operating income
Aerospace [Member]
Related to the aerospace segment
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
Net Cash (Used in) Investing Activities
us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Net Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
us-gaap_GrossProfit
Gross Profit
Gross profit
Cost of Sales
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
hicka_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssetsIncludingGoodwillTotal
Total Assets Acquired
Amount of assets and goodwill acquired at the acquisition date.
Consolidation Items [Domain]
Less accumulated depreciation
Less: accumulated depreciation
us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Property plant & equipment, net
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
Goodwill
Goodwill
Consolidation Items [Axis]
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member]
us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Property Plant and Equipment, Gross
Total Property, Plant and Equipment
Machinery and Equipment
Type of Adoption [Domain]
Land and Improvements
Long-term Debt, Type [Axis]
Long-term Debt, Type [Domain]
Buildings and Leasehold Improvements
Adjustments for New Accounting Pronouncements [Axis]
us-gaap_AdjustmentsToReconcileNetIncomeLossToCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Total adjustments
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Scenario [Domain]
Forecast [Member]
Increase (Decrease) in accrued income taxes
Retained Earnings [Member]
Earnings Per Share [Text Block]
Title of Individual [Domain]
Convertible Notes Payable [Member]
Title of Individual [Axis]
Treasury Stock [Member]
Scenario [Axis]
Letter of Credit [Member]
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Increase (Decrease) in accrued payroll and related expenses
Common Stock [Member]
Line of Credit [Member]
Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block]
Increase (Decrease) in accrued expenses
Provision for Income Taxes
Short-term Debt, Type [Axis]
Equity Components [Axis]
Short-term Debt, Type [Domain]
Equity Component [Domain]
us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal
us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Long-term Debt, Total
Increase (Decrease) in accounts payable
us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights
Less: current portion
Current amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.
Class of Warrant or Right [Axis]
Class of Warrant or Right [Domain]
us-gaap_NotesPayable
Total notes payable – related party
Term Debt [Member]
Borrowings with attached term.
Non-current bank debt
Amount before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs of long-term debt classified as noncurrent and excluding amounts to be repaid within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.
us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income before Provision for Income Taxes
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes
us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentTerm
Debt Instrument, Term
Unearned revenue
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of quarter
Cash and cash equivalents at end of quarter
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleStockPriceTrigger
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Stock Price Trigger
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleNumberOfEquityInstruments
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Number of Equity Instruments
Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Less: unamortized debt costs
Amendment Flag
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
Total Bank Debt
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPayment
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Total
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Common shares, outstanding (in shares)
Preferred shares, outstanding (in shares)
Current Fiscal Year End Date
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage
Basis of Accounting [Text Block]
Operating Leases
Document Fiscal Period Focus
Document Fiscal Year Focus
Document Period End Date
Operating Leases (in years) (Year)
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidExpense
Decrease (Increase) in prepaid expenses & other assets
Entity Emerging Growth Company
Notes payable, face value
Debt Instrument, Face Amount
Document Type
Entity Small Business
Payments on notes
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Information [Table]
Entity Filer Category
Debt Instrument [Axis]
Entity Current Reporting Status
Debt Instrument, Name [Domain]
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Segments [Axis]
Segments [Domain]
Roundball LLC [Member]
Represents Roundball LLC.
Variable Rate [Domain]
us-gaap_RepaymentsOfBankDebt
Payments on bank debt
Prime Rate [Member]
us-gaap_RepaymentsOfNotesPayable
Repayments of Notes Payable
Variable Rate [Axis]
Weighted average shares of common stock -Diluted (in shares)
Diluted (in shares)
Notes payable, related parties
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable
Decrease (Increase) in accounts receivable
us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue
Share-based compensation expense
Entity Central Index Key
Entity Registrant Name
Borrowings on bank debt
hicka_WorkingCapitalFunding
Working Capital Funding
Amount of borrowings to meet on going working capital requirements.
Entity [Domain]
Amendment No. 1 [Member]
Represents Amendment No. 1.
Legal Entity [Axis]
Statement [Table]
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Earnings Per Share - Diluted (in dollars per share)
Net Income Per Common Share - Diluted (in dollars per share)
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - Basic (in shares)
Basic (in shares)
us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Amortization of Intangible Assets, Total
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Business Acquisition [Axis]
Earnings Per Share - Basic (in dollars per share)
Net Income Per Common Share - Basic (in dollars per share)
Business Acquisition, Acquiree [Domain]
us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivable
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Ending Balance
us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Treasury shares
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsideration
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration
hicka_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredSaleOfBusiness
Proceeds from sale of business
Equity impact of the proceeds from sale of certain assets.
Income Statement [Abstract]
Disposal Group Name [Axis]
Disposal Group Name [Domain]
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories
Decrease (Increase) in inventories
Trading Symbol
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateDuringPeriod
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage
Amendment No. 7 [Member]
Related to the debt amendment number 7.
us-gaap_TableTextBlock
Notes Tables
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity
Related Party [Axis]
Related Party [Domain]
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityFairValueOfAmountOutstanding
Line of Credit Facility, Fair Value of Amount Outstanding
Selling, general and administrative expenses
us-gaap_LiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total Long-Term Liabilities
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Line of Credit Facility, Lender [Domain]
Lender Name [Axis]
us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Deferred Income Taxes
hicka_OperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent
Leases payable
Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating and finance leases, classified as noncurrent.
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Axis]
Related Party Transaction [Domain]
hicka_OperatingAndFinanceLeaseLiabilityCurrent
Leases payable
Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating and finance leases, classified as current.
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInContractWithCustomerAsset
Decrease (Increase) in costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings
Retained earnings
Product development costs
Certain Assets from Test and Measurement business segment Sold Under an Asset Purchase Agreement to Hickock Waekon, LLC [Member]
Refers to certain assets from the Test and Measurement business segment sold under an asset purchase agreement to Hickock Waekon, LLC.
Commercial Air Handling [Member]
Represents the air handling segment.
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
CAD Enterprises, Inc. [Member]
Refers to information regarding CAD Enterprises, Inc.
us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
Net Assets Acquired
hicka_DisposalGroupExcludingDiscontinuedOperationConsiderationShares
Disposal Group, Excluding Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Shares
Amount of consideration received for the disposal of assets and liabilities, excluding discontinued operation.
Interest charges
Director and His Affiliate [Member]
Refers to information regarding a director and one of his affiliates.
Changes in assets and liabilities:
J P Morgan Chase Bank [Member]
Represents JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Credit Line for Capital Expenditures [Member]
Refers to information regarding a credit line for capital expenditures.
Total Stockholders' Equity
Balance
Balance
us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedLiabilities
Total Liabilities Assumed
Common Class A [Member]
us-gaap_DisclosureTextBlockAbstract
Notes to Financial Statements
Common Class B [Member]
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]
Operating lease liabilities
us-gaap_OperatingLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent
Class of Stock [Axis]
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]
Class of Stock [Domain]
hicka_DebtInstrumentConvertibleOptionMaximumDebtConvertible
Debt Instrument, Convertible Option, Maximum Debt Convertible
The maximum debt convertible in a convertible option for a debt instrument.
Deferred Income Taxes
us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedDeferredTaxLiabilities
us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Net non-current bank debt
Bank Debt
us-gaap_OperatingLeaseLiability
Operating Lease, Liability, Total
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]
us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross
hicka_LesseeOperatingAndFinanceLeaseRenewalTerm
Lessee, Operating and Finance Lease, Renewal Term
Term of lessee's operating and finance lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.
hicka_OperatingAndFinanceLeaseRemainingTerm
Operating and Finance Lease, Remaining Term
Remaining term of lessee's operating and finance lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.
Other current liabilities
us-gaap_OperatingLeaseLiabilityCurrent
Lessee, Operating and Finance Leases [Text Block]
The entire disclosure for operating leases and finance leases of lessee. Includes, but is not limited to, description of operating and finance lease and maturity analysis of operating and finance lease liability.
Notes payable – related party non-current portion
Notes payable
Subsequent Events [Text Block]
Lessee, Operating and Finance Lease, Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]
The tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities relating to the lessee's operating and finance leases.
Accounts Payable
us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesAccountsPayable
Operating Segments [Member]
Operating Right of Use Asset, Net
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset
us-gaap_FinanceLeasePrincipalPayments
Payments on finance lease
Fixed Assets
us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment