Teenager’s Invention To Help Elderly

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    • Publish Date: Apr 23 2017 3:47PM
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    • Updated Date: Apr 23 2017 3:47PM
Teenager’s Invention To Help Elderly

Patna girl Shalini Kumari’s adjustable walker will go a long way in improving the quality of life of people finding it difficult to climb stairs

A 19-year-old has invented a special modified walker with adjustable legs to help the elderly and differently-abled climb up and down the stairs with ease. Shalini Kumari, a resident of Patna, is one of the 14 persons who are currently living as guests of the President in the Rashtrapati Bhavan as part of a two-week In-Residence Programme. Shalini hit upon the idea when she saw her grandfather struggle while climbing stairs. “It is difficult and sometimes impossible for the elderly to climb up or down the stairs using conventional four-leg walkers.”


Shalini observed that the four-leg walkers are not flexible enough to provide support while climbing stairs. “So, I decided to prepare a modified walker with adjustable legs.” She sent her proposal to the National Innovation Foundation, an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology set up to provide institutional support to innovators. The adjustable walker was finally prepared with the help of the NIF. The modified walker, which costs nearly Rs 3,000 and weighs 4 kg, has a self-locking mechanism through which the front legs of the walker can be raised while climbing up and lowered while climbing down. “It is stable, lightweight, adjustable to all sizes of stairs and can also be used while walking on an inclined surface,” Shalini said.

The participants of the programme include artists Dheeraj Yadav and Rahul Shailendra Kokate, writers Ashokkumar P Chavda and Prabal Kumar Basu, and innovators Surjeet Singh, Moa Subong, Girish Badragond, Mansukhabhai Prajapati, Subhash Ola, Paresh Panchal, Santosh Pachar, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Shalini Kumari and Akash Manoj.

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