Document And Entity Information
us-gaap_Revenues
Revenue
Note To Financial Statement Details Textual
Product Development
statementnote2inventoriestables
statementnote6capitalleasestables
statementnote7capitalstocktreasurystockcontributedcapitalandstockoptionstables
statementnote9earningspercommonsharetables
statementnote10segmentandrelatedinformationtables
statementnote2inventorydetails
us-gaap_DisclosureTextBlockAbstract
Notes to Financial Statements
Amendment Flag
statementnote6capitalleasedassetsdetails
statementnote6capitalleasedassetsdetailsparentheticals
statementnote7summaryofexpireddirectorplansdetails
statementnote9summaryofearningspersharecalculationdetails
Assets acquired by capital lease
statementnote10informationbyindustrysegmentdetails
Directors Plans [Member]
Represents Directors Plans.
Notes To Financial Statements
Warrant to Purchase Class A Common Stock [Member]
Information about the warrant to purchase class A common stock.
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Document Fiscal Year Focus
Document Fiscal Period Focus
Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]
Document Period End Date
Marketing and Administrative Expenses
Credit Facility [Axis]
Current Fiscal Year End Date
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Information [Table]
First Francis [Member]
Represents First Francis Company Inc. (First Francis).
Entity Current Reporting Status
Entity Voluntary Filers
Federal Hose [Member]
Represents First Francis, Federal Hose Manufacturing LLC (Federal Hose).
Entity Filer Category
Document Type
Promissory Note 2 [Member]
Represents Promissory Note 2.
Promissory Note 1 [Member]
Represents Promissory Note 1.
AUSTRALIA
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeLowerRangeLimit
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Lower Range Limit
Exercise Price Range [Axis]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Domain]
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, by Exercise Price Range [Table Text Block]
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
Number of stock options exercisable (in shares)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Interest Charges
Interest Expense
us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
Exercisable, weighted average share price (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities
Total Stockholders' Equity
us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePriceBeginningBalance1
Outstanding, weighted average share price (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm2
Weighted average remaining life
Assets Held under Capital Leases [Member]
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
Outstanding stock options (in shares)
us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
Interest Expense, Debt
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeUpperRangeLimit
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Upper Range Limit
Geographical [Axis]
Geographical [Domain]
us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate
Dividends per Common Share (in dollars per share)
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate
hicka_WorkingCapitalFunding
Working Capital Funding
Amount of borrowings to meet on going working capital requirements.
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)
us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
Fair Value Assumptions, Weighted Average Volatility Rate
us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term
Amendment No. 1 [Member]
Represents Amendment No. 1.
us-gaap_AssetsNoncurrent
Total Other Assets
Amendment No.4 [Member]
Represents the fourth amendment.
Related Party Transaction [Domain]
Related Party Transaction [Axis]
Business Acquisition, Acquiree [Domain]
us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligations
Capital lease obligation
Business Acquisition [Axis]
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories
Decrease (Increase) in inventories
hicka_WarrantTerm
Warrant Term
Warrant Term
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
us-gaap_TableTextBlock
Notes Tables
Statement [Table]
Credit Facility [Domain]
Segments [Axis]
Segments [Domain]
Short-term Financing-related party
Short-term Debt
Corporate Segment [Member]
us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares
Income Statement [Abstract]
Supplemental Schedule of Non-Cash Activity:
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable
Decrease (Increase) in trade accounts receivable
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Long-term Debt, Type [Domain]
Long-term Debt, Type [Axis]
us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Net Income (Loss) (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Net Income (Loss) (in dollars per share)
Per share amount (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidExpense
Decrease (Increase) in prepaid expenses
Earnings per Common Share Assuming Dilution:
us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Shares denominator (in shares)
us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment
(in shares)
us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights
us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount
us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Average shares outstanding (in shares)
Maximum [Member]
Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Axis]
Range [Axis]
Debt Instrument, Name [Domain]
Range [Domain]
Debt Instrument, Maturing at December, 2017 [Member]
Represents debt instrument maturing at December, 2017.
Debt Instrument, Maturing at February, 2021 [Member]
Represents the debt instrument maturing at February, 2021.
Monthly Installment
Represents the amount of monthly installments.
us-gaap_SharePrice
Share Price
Assets Held Under Capital Leases, MIS Computer Equipment [Member]
Represents assets held under capital leases, MIS computer equipment.
Assets Held Under Capital Leases, IT Computer Equipment [Member]
Represents assets held under capital leases, IT computer equipment.
hicka_UnsecuredNoteReceivableInterestRate
Unsecured Note Receivable Interest Rate
Unsecured note receivable interest rate.
us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermCapitalLeaseObligations
Payments on lease payable borrowing
Service Sales
us-gaap_ConvertibleLongTermNotesPayable
Convertible Notes Payable-related party
us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsNoncurrent
Lease Payable
Retained Earnings (Deficit)
Roundball LLC [Member]
Represents Roundball LLC.
Earnings per Common Share:
us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Total Net Sales
Legal Entity [Axis]
us-gaap_ProceedsFromConvertibleDebt
Proceeds from Convertible Debt
Entity Registrant Name
hicka_IncomeTaxesPaidRefund
Income taxes (paid) refunded
Represents the amount of cash (paid) received during the current period (to) from foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income.
England [Member]
Entity Central Index Key
Entity [Domain]
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable
Increase (Decrease) in accounts payable
Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Domain]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Axis]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)
Capital Leases in Financial Statements of Lessee Disclosure [Text Block]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of third quarter
Trading Symbol
us-gaap_LiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total Long-Term Liabilities
Short-term borrowing-related party
Schedule of Capital Leased Assets [Table Text Block]
us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit
Proceeds from Lines of Credit
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilities
Increase (Decrease) in accrued expenses and accrued taxes other than income
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInEmployeeRelatedLiabilities
Increase (Decrease) in accrued payroll and related expenses
us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income (Loss) before Provision for Income Taxes
UNITED STATES
Convertible Notes Payable-related party
Convertible Notes Payable, Current
Current Assets
Equity Component [Domain]
Asset Information
Equity Components [Axis]
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage
us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Interest rate
Notes Receivable - Current
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
Debt Instrument, Face Amount
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]
Trade Accounts Receivable - Net
Promissory Note 1 and 2 [Member]
Represents promissory note 1 and 2.
Income (Recovery of) Taxes
Accrued Taxes Other Than Income
Class of Stock [Axis]
Class of Stock [Domain]
Accrued Payroll & Related Expenses
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
Accrued Income Taxes
Common Class A [Member]
hicka_DebtInstrumentAmortizedTerm
Debt Instrument, Amortized Term
Represents the period of time amortized.
Common Class B [Member]
us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Accrued expenses
Trade Accounts Payable
Accrued Expenses
us-gaap_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)
Net Sales
Legal Entity of Counterparty, Type [Axis]
Product Sales
Legal Entity Type of Counterparty [Domain]
Going Concern Disclosure [Text Block]
Going concern disclosure.
us-gaap_InventoryValuationReserves
Inventory Valuation Reserves
Preferred, no par value; authorized 1,000,000 shares; no shares outstanding
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)
us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense
Options and Warrants [Member]
Options and Warrants [Member]
us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet
Other (Income) Expense
Conversion Rights [Member]
Represents conversion rights.
us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Total Current Liabilities
Long-Term Liabilities
Basis of Accounting [Text Block]
Treasury stock, shares (in shares)
MEXICO
Common stock, value
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentTerm
Debt Instrument, Term
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Subsequent Event Type [Domain]
Subsequent Event Type [Axis]
Statement [Line Items]
Subsequent Event [Member]
us-gaap_PolicyTextBlockAbstract
Accounting Policies
Subsequent Events [Text Block]
Revenue:
us-gaap_InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves
Finished Product
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Cash received from customers
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities
us-gaap_AdjustmentsToReconcileNetIncomeLossToCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Total Adjustments
us-gaap_InventoryWorkInProcessNetOfReserves
Work-in-Process
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Other Foreign Countries [Member]
Other foreign countries [member
Interest received
us-gaap_InventoryPartsAndComponentsNetOfReserves
Components
Scenario, Unspecified [Domain]
Title of Individual [Axis]
Class of Warrant or Right [Axis]
Relationship to Entity [Domain]
Scenario [Axis]
us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights
Director [Member]
Lease Payable
Capital lease obligation, current portion
Exercise Price Range 2 [Member]
Information pertaining to exercise price range 2.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Exercise Price Range 1 [Member]
Information pertaining to exercise price range 1.
Class of Warrant or Right [Domain]
Plan Name [Domain]
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities
Plan Name [Axis]
us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardExpirationPeriod
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period
Lender Name [Axis]
Line of Credit Facility, Lender [Domain]
Less: Allowance for Depreciation
us-gaap_PaymentsToSuppliersAndEmployees
Cash paid to suppliers and employees
us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Total Property - Net
Automotive Diagnostic Tools and Equipment [Member]
Represents automotive diagnostic tools and equipment.
Indicators and Gauges [Member]
Indicators and gauges [member
Notes Receivable - Long-term
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingPeriod1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period
Land
Buildings
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]
Effect of Dilutive Securities
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]
us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToCallOptionsAndWarrants
Stock options (in shares)
Short-term Debt [Text Block]
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross
Machinery and Equipment
us-gaap_InterestPaid
Interest paid
Interest Paid
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities:
Adjustments to reconcile Net Income (Loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Omnibus 2013 Equity Plan [Member]
Represents Omnibus 2013 Equity Plan.
us-gaap_CostOfServices
Cost of Service Sold
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpirationsInPeriod
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Expirations in Period
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number
Income (Loss) before provision for Income Taxes
us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersDiluted
Income (Loss) available to common stockholders
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
Deposits
us-gaap_Depreciation
Depreciation
us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Income (Loss) available to common stockholders
us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net Income (Loss)
Net Income (Loss)
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Expirations in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price
Inventories
Cost of Product Sold
us-gaap_Assets
Total Assets
Assets
us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeInterestExpenseInterestIncomeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterestsNet
Income (Loss) before provision for Income Taxes
Prepaid Expenses
Current Liabilities
Warrant [Member]
CHINA
Antidilutive Securities, Name [Domain]
Non-cash share-based compensation expense
Employee Stock Option [Member]
us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Total Costs and Expenses
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period
Antidilutive Securities [Axis]
CANADA
Costs and Expenses
Short-term Debt, Type [Domain]
Short-term Debt, Type [Axis]
Contributed Capital
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateDuringPeriod
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period
Convertible Notes Payable [Member]
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity
us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Number of Operating Segments
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]
us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Number of Reportable Segments
Other Assets
us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Total Current Assets
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate
Stockholders' Equity
Earnings Per Share [Text Block]
us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromProductiveAssets
Capital expenditures
us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term
us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityFairValueOfAmountOutstanding
Line of Credit Facility, Fair Value of Amount Outstanding