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Wheelchair, Leveraged Freedom Chair: LFC3
This is a Wheelchair. It was invented by Tish Scolnik, Mario Bollini, Amos Winter, Benjamin Judge, Harrison O’Hanley and Daniel Frey and designed by Continuum LLC, Jake Childs, Jung Tak and Global Research Innovation and Technology (GRIT) and manufactured by Pinnacle Industries. It is dated 2013. Its medium is mild steel and bicycle components.
Twenty million people need wheelchairs but don’t have access to ramps or paved roads. The LFC can be made, repaired, and ridden throughout the world. It enables off-road travel and uses human power more efficiently than standard wheelchairs. It combines the chain-and-sprocket drive train of a bicycle with two extended push levers; users shift gears by moving their handhold along the levers.
It is credited Courtesy of the designers.
- Scarf, Reflecting Well
- polyester and aluminum.
- Gift of Masako Dempo Yuki.
- 2004-23-1
- Sidewall, Listen and Record
- screenprinted and flocked on paper.
- Gift of Ilias Fotopoulos.
- 2010-27-1
- Drawing, Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY: Design for Façade
- pen and black ink, graphite on cream tracing paper.
- Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
- 1943-51-13
Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Drawing, Design for Mechanical Furniture: Tables
- pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor on paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-468
- Poster, The Automobile
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Unknown Donor.
- 1991-69-126
- Drawing, Interior Color Treatment for MP-54 Coach Passenger Car
- airbrush and watercolor, gouache, brush and metallic paint, graphite on....
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- 2012-1-1
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 101.6 x 127 x 66 cm (40 x 50 x 26 in.)
Leveraged Freedom Chair Demo Video
A demonstration of what the Leveraged Freedom Wheelchair can do, its key innovation, and a testimonial from one user in India.
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Beautiful Users.
