Stairsteady Video

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• stair problems
• stairsteady
• Ruth Amos Stairlift

[juniorandtorrie]

It looks like there is zero support when the people get to the very last step at the top. It looks like they actually have to do the top step all on their own. That doesn't see too safe.

[StairSteady]

@juniorandtorrie this video was shot on a staircase where the wall finishes straight at the top of the stairs, on the other side of the stairs is a grab rail (but you cannot see this on the film). if we can we extend the StairSteady further so that you can get onto the last step we do, however in some situations, like this one the way the house has been built does not allow us to so we need to support the client as much as possible.

[archimedesuk]

Great job. Shame someone else invented and patented it first. Patent search is your friend.

[StairSteady]

i think you will find that patent belongs to us :-)

[archimedesuk]

So you bought his patent then? Fair enough.

[StairSteady]

Than you for your reply

which patent do you think this falls under?

there have been many designs trying to solve this problem but none do it like the StairSteady, the StairSteady is patented by Ruth Amos, and we have a patent number and it has been published.

StairSteady DOES NOT buy patents from other people.

[UltraBibendum]

DAMN! Those stairs are fuckin STEADY!

[TeacherElliott]

vihmaussivenitaja you are right, that is the designer, Ruth Amos, promoting her own product. She thought this up as a school project! I think it is a fantastic product and good luck to you Ruth. When will you be bringing it to Japan?

[wingnut99jb]

I have customers who need this now in the US. How soon will it be here? And what will I need to do to become a fitter?

Any chance you could turn the top in to the wall to prevent catching sleeves and purses? Don't know if inspectors here would let it go as is.

[michaeljjeffrey]

Brilliant job!

[anonspangly]

@archimedesuk Patents cover the specifics of solving a problem, not just the broad "we have solved this problem" statement.

If this solution is different to previous ones, then it's patentable. Given that stairsteady has been granted a patent on their solution, the relevant first-line authority would seem to be satisfied.

[anonspangly]

@juniorandtorrie You could easily install an extra regular vertical handrail at the top of the stairs to help provide some extra support/leverage for the last step, if you wanted. It would just need to be positioned so it didn't block the swing action - perhaps put it on the other side of the staircase if there's a solid wall there.