Friday, April 24, 2015

The History Of Wheelchair Headrests

By Alta Alexander


It is very awesome to know that this generation cares so much for comfort and convenience. Way back the traditional times, you can just imagine how there is so much discomfort and effort when dealing with things which do not do much to provide you with the satisfaction you need just like this time. Everything must have been tough.

However, it is was really the doing of technology that things became easier to deal with. And due to the presence of these things, there was a better quality of life given to the people of this generation. Among those items which catered to this idea is the invention of wheelchair headrests. And so now you can already see how several kinds of headrests.

This part of the wheelchair is the upper most part. But before we elaborate more on this part, let us first know how the equipment came to be what is today. So, this item is basically a tool which is used in order for people who have week legs to be able to sit and travel around. And naturally, it is formed like a chair, but it has wheels instead of legs.

The wheels are the ones that propel the tool around. With that, it becomes like a vehicle, but it does not function as such since its speed is not for travelling like vehicles do. It merely allows the handicapped person to be able to move around through the use of the wheels. So picture out the image of this equipment from the descriptions above.

So that is how this tool functions and looks like. But from the time it was created everything about it was plain. Since it did not have any mechanism to run itself like what the modern output does today, it gives quite a hassle. You will still need somebody to push you to your destination. So you need to have a caretaker still.

However, as days and years passed, things became better. Speaking of this, one of the earliest developments for this item was the model that eliminated the need for another person to push the equipment for the person with disability. So there was an incorporation of a mechanism that would allow the handicapped to move by himself without needing assistance for pushing.

That was the initial years of an own driven wheelchair. But as years advanced more and more, there was a better improvement with this idea from time to time until the idea of an automatic wheelchair came to being. This was the time when remotes became part of the equipment or in other words, buttons became the operating function.

So that was the first years of development in a wheelchair. However, you do not know what time can do. So the next change featured was of course something which featured a better improvement and that was none other than the automatic wheelchair. This model already had buttons which you need to press for operational function.

Because of this, the equipment was already complete. The handicapped can just rest easy when he feels dizzy. So the wheelchair can already be like a bed which can offer complete convenience and rest.




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