Using a lightweight aluminum frame, yet another award winning 2006 prototype for a lighter power chair called Kangan Roo. Much more appealing to those of us who need to get around better inside small spaces or want more versatility on outside terrain - maybe rain proof 'em? First saw this on Wheelchair Diffusion a while back and decided to post it here:
And how about this for an invention - students come up with a wheelchair canopy....but one correction, guys, we are not ahem wheelchair bound....
Description from YouTube: Wheelchair Accessory Solutions Group unveils its first prototype of the Automatic Retractable Wheelchair Canopy at the 2007 URECA event at Stony Brook University. It is a mechanical engineering senior design project.
2 comments:
LOVE the rain hood! My boyfriend in college used a wheelchair and got SOAKED when it rained b/c he did not have a power chair and had to have 2 free hands.
And don't even get me started on the fact that when it snowed he couldn't go ANYWHERE until the sidewalks were shoveled... and that since his building was near the back of his complex the apartment manager would always shovel his walks LAST, even though he told them he needed to be FIRST...
Goldie: Yeah the rain hood as an idea has potential! As for the snow /sidewalks issue, I'm just glad it's spring now.
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