Background

The propulsion wheels on both sides of conventional manual wheelchairs can induce injuries and hinder the throwing and rolling among users practicing games including petanque, bowling, curling or boccia.

→ Handilance has been developed to circumvent this issue. This is a wheelchair kit that is compatible with all available wheelchairs.

Benefits

Few commercial solutions are designed for practicing throwing and rolling games with maximum security and efficiency.

Handilance shows unique features:

• It can be used with original wheelchairs,
• It shows perfect symmetry: can be mounted on the right or left side of the wheelchair,
• Fast and easy assembly,
• Can be adapted to all wheelchair widths,
• Same stability as conventional use,
• Setting one wheel under the seat releases one side of the wheelchair eliminating risk of injuries due to throwing or rolling, and keeping the control of the direction and the propulsion.

Development status

• 3D Catia V5 modelisation
• We are developing a full scale prototype on a conventional wheelchair

Applications

• Bowling
• Curling
• Petanque
• Boccia