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About the solution
The idea of utilising gyroscopic vehicles for their own needs was born in 2010. Marit Sundin felt that the seats available on the market were not really complete – they lacked functions that she would have preferred in terms of safety and comfort. She wanted to improve her mobility by finding a complement to her wheelchair.
Marit turned to Hedemora Anpassning for help, a company which had adapted many cars throughout the years for functional disabilities and even built Marit’s revolutionary sit-ski 20 years ago. Together they successfully built a Segway seat that works for Marit. That’s how the AddSeat was born.
“The seat has an innovative glide function, which means that users do not need to have legs to move their centre of gravity forward or backward. It is this movement that slows a gyroscopic vehicle like the Segway and therefore represents a crucial safety feature. The seat is also equipped with a parking function to improve stability when climbing on and off the vehicle. Marit’s seat for the Segway has made a huge difference in her life and she has become much more mobile. She can now access areas which she never could have accessed before on her own. This provides freedom of movement and the feeling of walking”, it says on the official website.
Marit used her experience and skills to found her own company – AddMovement – helping others in her situation to have a better and a more mobile life. AddMovement has several solutions and seats for Segway.
Adapted from: http://addmovement.se/
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