Many people with conditions affecting mobility struggle with everyday motions like reaching high places or lifting weighted objects. Designing a mechanism that reduces the strain these types of movements make on individuals would allow them to access heights without the need for a step stool or ladder. The group designed a pull-down mechanism that reduced the force needed to move stored items from an upright, higher point to an accessible height, and vice versa. Using a four-bar linkage, the team created a low-cost, easy-to-assemble design that could be scaled to other locker dimensions. The mechanism utilizes a spring mechanism to make an accessible solution to storage for people with all ranges of mobility.

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Creator

• Canniff, Colin
• Keck, Annika

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042723-152527
• 106461

Keyword

• Spring Loaded
• Storage
• Accessibility

Advisor

• Cobb, Eben C.

Year

• 2023

Date created

• 2023-04-27

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Source

• E-project-042723-152527

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-23