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Post by Ron Kulas on May 6, 2016 6:05:54 GMT -6
I have a family friend that has a degenerative disorder that has resulted in her having to spend the bulk of her time in a motorized wheel chair. She is able to get out of it only to use the restroom. She can use the chair to get upright and then use a walker to transfer herself to the toilet. Sadly she is unable to bend over to reach the foot pads to swing them up and out of the way. She asked if we could design her an aid to allow her to reach the foot pads to lift them out of the way. Right now she must have a family member at home with her to lift the foot pads for her. The criteria were that the aid has to have a large handle so she could grip it, it has to reach 24” but be able to be compressed into a smaller footprint to allow it to be stored in a bag attached to the chair and it had to be light weight. We completed the project in less than 48 hours. I was happy to help and to find another use for my 3D printer and to allow her to regain more independence. The final product weighed only 13 Oz. Here is the motorized chair she uses The concept of the tool The final product in its extended state. Compressed state.
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