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Submitted by Joel

Conceived: Malka Goldberg
Design and technical specifications: Yossi Mor, professional engineer
Fabrication: Yad Sarah workshops, Jerusalem.

Photo1

Wheelchairs generally have adjustable armrests, to accomodate variation in heights. Malka's chair has had four holes, two on each side, drilled into the tubes in the frame in which the armrests slide. A spring loaded pin has been added to each armrest. The armrests can be positioned either up or down, with the the pin engaging the corresponding hole.

The picture shows the right armrest in the up position and the left arm rest in the down position. The bottom hole on the right is circled in red. The top hole, with the pin engaged, is circled in green.

The carrier itself also has spring loaded pins that engage holes on the front of the armrests. The hole in the front of the right armrest is circled in blue.

Photo 2

This is a side view. Again, the bottom hole in the armrest support tube is circled in red, the top hole, with the pin engaged is circled in green, while the front hole where the carrier's own pin engages is circled in blue.

Photo 3

The carrier is made from a standard Gerry brand backpack child carrier. It has been cut up and the straps removed and re-attached in various places. The backpack's original aluminum tube was replaced with a sturdier steel tube that is itself wrapped with foam padding and covered in vinyl.

The pin to engage the hole in the front of the armrest is circled in blue.

The tube supports the front of the carrier. The back of the carrier is supported by straps around the armrests. The yellow arrows point to the buckles for the right side straps. The left side straps are also visible. The additional strap visible is one of two that can be used to strap the baby into the carrier. We almost never do this.

Photo 4

Both armrests are in the up position and the carrier has been inserted. The carrier pin engaged in the hole on the front of the armrest is visible. The yellow arrow points to where a carrier strap goes behind the upright of the armrest.

Photo 5

In operation. As you can see, we don't generally strap the baby in. The original carrier has a sling seat for smaller babies, which can be removed as the child grows. This remains in the modified carrier.

And yes, the baby is sold separately. ;-)

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