RAIN PROTECTION FOR WHEELCHAIR

Challenge: Marie-Christine’s hands mobility is reduced but she doesn’t give up to take some rain even if it rains. The rain protection for wheelchair should be adaptable to most chairs to maximize its usability, easy to open and close and compact in order to allow her to take public transport or to go shopping.  

Solution: MagicCover is a protective structure composed of a transparent waterproof sheet, which opens and closes by means of carbon fiber bows. The coverage opening is powered by a motor fixed on the back of the wheelchair. The solution has been build to:

• Cover the whole body (upper body + horizontally extended leg) and the back of the chair containing the belonging.

• Be automatically retractable when it isn’t required so it takes as less space as possible.

• Be easily removable from the wheelchair so the user can take it out when it’s not raining.

The project is released as open-source, and can be downloaded from this link below!