How to bump down the stairs in a wheelchair

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• bumping
• stairs
• wheelchair
• adaptive

[AccessAnything]

For those of you who commented about the person staring, I have removed your comments because that is my mother :)

[AccessAnything]

We just heard that iBot will be discontinuing their sales and production, and will only service existing machines until 2010; apparently the supply and demand (and cost) wasn't warranting production.

[SnowOwI]

@AccessAnything Ohh I'm sorry, I didn't know that... it's just that my dad has MS and is in a wheelchair and gets A LOT of stares, so I'm a little sensitive about the issue. Again, my apologies.

[losojosdelamuerte]

where did you get that kind of wheelchair?...i like it! mine is just too old now :(.

[nhsplayer07]

nice just add like shocks and suspension system ull be fine =]

[artwel123]

actualy if all stairs had 2hand rails like this then I wouldnt mind!, but yes if thats the only access then it does suck , especially for the elderly or electric chairs

These chairs can cost several thousand bucks

[themiff]

I've tried this as a subway in Calgary that has 30 or 40 steps. After venturing it twice, all the bolts in my chair (TiLite) needed tightening.

[351460]

Looks like it would be hard on the equipment--and a chair like that sure isnt cheap.

[rawdogent]

what is the front angle degree on your chair?

[Hesam0000]

If they could build IBOT wheelchair they could also build chairs that easily climb stairs using their balancing technology, they can even hold a man upright using the same technology, but they don't want to lose the healthcare/mobility equipment business.

No cure, no progress = more money from Medicare