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Vardaan:Stairclimbingwheelchair
Wheelchairs are extensively used by disabled people to enhance their personal mobility. One of the basic problems of user on manual wheelchair is overcomingarchitectural barrierslikekerbsstairsetc.onitsway. VardaanfacilitatesclimbingupanddownthestairsbyusinganinnovativeYshapedwheel thatprovidesbettergripandoptimumbrakingalongwitharatchetandabrakingsystem.
The Y shaped wheel has been designed to mimic the human gait while climbing up. For climbinguptheuserpullsandpushestheleverratchetattachedontheaxleoftheYshaped wheel. The design makes use of the fact that people with lower limb disability have high upperbodystrengthandthereforepulling/pushingtheratchetlevercanbeconveniently operatedbythem.Whileduringtheclimbingdowntheusercanusebrakestocontrolthe motionofthewheelchairastheYshapedwheelrollsdownthesteps.