Transfer board – folding
Client suffered from limb girdle dystrophy. He needed a transfer board, used from his wheelchair to his car to be able to folded, so he could travel with it more easily, and stow it in the wheel chair without it impeding the chairs use.
A board was made of 3/4 inch ply and hinged in two places. To accept the clients weight, two steel pins were inserted on one side of each hinged section and half round tubes set in the other section of the board to receive them. The hinges were protected from damaging the surface they rested on with a plastic film.
The board was compact when folded and fitted the space available.
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I volunteer for the Lothian Fife and Forth Panel and have a client who needs a folding transfer board which sounds like it would be similar to this one. Can the engineer please send sketches or drawings of this solution detailing the hinge design and fixing please emsil jocugg64@gmail.com…thanks
I too have LGMD and would find this foldable transfer board very useful when traveling or in a bind.
Could you make me one too?
Hi Victoria, thank you for your comment. If you complete our referral form with a bit more information, then we can see if we’re able to design what you’re looking for: https://remap.org.uk/referral-form/
I was looking at trying to make the same type of board as a standard transfer board is so long and not easy to transport… Do you have any connection in the US for something like this?
Hi Tony, thank you for your comment. I’m afraid that REMAP only operates in the UK, so we unfortunately can’t offer services to people unless they’re based near one of our branches. We do have a list of useful resources that I hope might be of some use to you in the United States: https://remap.org.uk/how-we-can-help/when-we-are-unable-to-help/
How much is one of these please? I need one, tetraplegic C7.
Hi Trevor, all of our equipment is custom made free of charge. If you complete our referral form with a bit more information, then we can see if we’re able to design something similar for you: https://remap.org.uk/referral-form/