Current designs for articulating wheelchair legrests do not provide the extension and elevation needed to reduce hip flexion and increase blood circulation. Existing products and patents for available articulating legrests are not as durable as the nonarticulating variety. To solve these problems, an articulating wheelchair legrest that consists of a planar six-bar linkage coupled with a linear slider to reduce binding with the slider was designed and built. When compared to an articulating design developed by a student group in 2002-2003, this design decreases the overall size and weight and increases durability.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Gray, Amy Rose
• Duhaime, Rebecca Lynn

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 04D202M

Advisor

• Hoffman, Allen H.
• Ault, Holly Keyes

Year

• 2004

Sponsor

• Massachusetts Hospital School

Date created

• 2004-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright