1984 ADJUSTABLE WHEELCHAIR for special cases

View of prototype in Nijmegen

A wheelchair design that was prototyped by a firm in the Netherlands but for some reason did not proceed. I spent a couple of weeks at the drawing board in Nijmegen.

If I remember correctly it was based on a design I made for multi-angular locking of two or more arms connected at one hub, but somehow it got lost in the translation above.

1984-ideal-wheelchair-2

Multi-angular lockable knee joint for wheelchair use designed and developed with the assistance of Merit Engineering, Queanbeyan ~ 1984 and intended for use also with the Ideal wheelchair in Nijmegen. Somehow distance and language difficulties  interfered. It was however used to great effect in one TAD wheelchair for a boy with spina bifida – see other entry.
Multi-angular lockable knee joint for wheelchair use designed and developed with the assistance of Merit Engineering, Queanbeyan ~ 1984 and intended for use also with the Ideal wheelchair in Nijmegen. Somehow distance and language difficulties interfered.
It was however used to great effect in one TAD wheelchair for a boy with spina bifida – see other entry.