These "wheelchairs" are the invention of a guy who's wife was involved in a car accident and ended up being paralyzed, unable to walk.
The family loves nature and, even though his wife was in a wheelchair, they would still go camping. But they found it hard to get his wife around in
the woods and in soft sand.
Read
the whole story here.
SO, he came up with these two "wheelchairs" so that his wife could still enjoy the great outdoors!
The Tank Chair
And this, the Speedchair
Tank Chair is a Custom off-road wheelchair that can go anywhere outdoors.
TankChair conquers streams, mud, snow, sand, and gravel, allowing you to
get back to nature. Using rubber tracks and high torque electric motors, TankChair can take you just about anywhere.
Even the urban street and
stairs, with a incline accent of up to 45 degrees, TankChair will take you anywhere and back.
Now his wife can get to just about anywhere she wants to go!
Here's a couple (5)
videos of the "Tank Chair" in action.
He's selling these "chairs" now, and for every 10 chairs he sells, he is going to donate one chair to a Fire Department to give to a disabled
person who can't afford one.
Pretty cool rides if you ask me! (
GRUNTS TWICE)
[edit on 10/1/08 by Keyhole]
