A Recent 3D Printing Project

[Dave R]

This is a heel strap for a wheelchair to prevent the user's feet from sliding off the foot plate. It's designed to install easily with no tools required except scissors to trim the strap to length. The clips with snap on covers are 3D printed to fit off the shelf polyurethane toothed belting.

From the SketchUp model.

Partially assembled.

Temporarily installed on a chair. Ignore the dog hair.

[Rich O Brien]

@Dave-R Are you open sourcing the print files for others or is it a commercial product for the living aids sector?

I knew someone who invented a sock removal aid that ended up licensed to some large US based living aid supplier. It was initially an aid for wetsuit removal that caught the eye of an investor who saw a use in living aids.

Those clips that receive the belt must be pretty unique in the space.

[Dave R]

@Rich-O-Brien I'm not open sourcing the print files yet but we'll see. This is going to a friend to test to see if it's even going to be useful.

Cool story about the sock remover. Maybe something like that would happen for me.