High stool
A client with polio was walking a high stool around his kitchen to prepare food. This was slow, arduous and dangerous.
A new stool was designed and made incorporating low-friction ball transfer units on the ends of the legs. These were found to be far more free running than casters. A handbrake, which locks the stool in a static position when required, was also incorporated.
The client can move safely and easily around the kitchen, and says he now could not live without his special stool.
(Essex North East)
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