Injured man creates wheelchair with sock absorbing system

“I broke my hip and I was unable to walk for three weeks, I had to use a wheelchair. I built a wheelchair with airbags and it worked very well”, Gilad recalled.

It works by allowing the hub of the wheels to float in mid-air, which leads to suspend the user and chair from the pavement. In order to activate the suspension mechanism, it requires a threshold of impacts. Once it’s activated, the hub of the wheel goes back to its original position in order to minimise the shock. What happens here is that the wheel takes off the shock and hits, instead of the user or vehicle.

Softwheel integrates a selective suspension technology, which means the user can ride the wheelchair as if it was a traditional one. Or he can use the absorbing system.
Gilad created his own company in 2011, which is now led by Daniel Barel, CEO.

“Softwheel gives the freedom to get off the pavement, road, or staircase without using a ramp. The difference in our wheel is that the mechanism in the middle moves when lowered on a step, absorbing the shock. The person in the wheelchair doesn’t feel anything”, Barel explained.

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More info: https://www.softwheel.technology/
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