Posts Tagged ‘drink holders’

What cup holders can do for you.

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Cup Holders can fit all sorts of things and be used in various locations. When most people think of a cup holder they tend to drift towards the ones in their cars. (Which might be “right” when you think about it, since that’s where they got their start.) They are also popular however on wheelchairs, scooters, and even stadium armrests.

Cup holders that are well placed and fit suitably into the car interior should be within easy and comfortable use of the driver. Cup holders now have so many more functions that just for use holding a drink. Many of us use them daily as change holders, phone holders, and just a perfect place to set any small item you need easy access to, especially while in the car.

Strollers have recently started to include a cup holder. When you’re pushing your baby around, most parents enjoy a nice, hot cup of coffee whether they’re walking through a park or shopping for kids’ clothes at the mall. As the child grows up, and learns to drink from a juice box or sippy cup, most strollers even have a cup holder next to the tray that lays across the child’s lap securing them in. Should you be without a drink holder on your stroller, there are also unique and interesting retail solutions available on the web.

Lastly is the realm of mobility. Individuals that use wheelchairs or power scooters for whatever reason need certain mobility accessories that help them function day to day. A cup holder comes in handy as a small but convenient place to store more than just a beverage. Think about how throughout the day you write small notes, carry your cell phone, or even where you throw your keys. A drink holder on your armrest could do all of these things, all easily within your grasp.

Cup holders are simple, yet elegant solutions to one of our most frequent (and often needed) daily routines, drinking. Should you be interested in an aftermarket solution for your car, wheelchair, or even stroller, online marketplaces give you a wide variety, and larger retailers can even give reviews from current users on whether the product is good or not.

Common Wheelchair Accessories

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Wheelchair accessories are adapted and updated as new models of manual and power wheelchairs are developed. New wheelchairs accessory technology can keep patients safer and more comfortable.

Users have become more active, requiring better materials and additional features for improved stability and maneuverability. Wheelchair seating attempts to fulfill many competing goals including supporting posture, managing pressure, promoting function, and enabling safe transportation. Seat height, width, and depth can all be changed, as well as the way the front wheels work, addition of backrests and wheelchair cushions, and controls can even be added to standard designs. People who have special needs often have custom wheelchairs built.

Accessories such as drink and cup holders, bags and packs, carriers, and holder, push gloves, or trays. These accessories defiantly help increase the ease of the user and add comfort to difficult tasks. The United States Access Board (ATBCB) has done human subject testing to determine the amount of energy required for persons with and without disabilities to negotiate various outdoor surfaces. The physiological measures (oxygen consumption, heart rate, velocity, and ratings of perceived exertion) and level of difficulty ratings was shared with different mobility companies for use in design of wheelchairs and accessories. It was also found that users with good upper extremity function did not wish to have some accessories on the wheelchair, because they may interfere with movement.

Cup holders typically do not come with a new mobility chair. Yet, they can be easily purchased from a wheelchair store or an online retailer for around $10 to $30. Cup holders are but one trivial detail of course, and most users don’t consider them necessary, but on the American front users find it gives a better overall mobility experience. They allow a morning cup of Joe or and energy drink to be close at hand while the seat is occupied.

Stadium seating – designed for your comfort?

Friday, December 18th, 2009

When you visit a stadium, one of the first things that you notice is the kind of seating that is present in the baseball, football or basketball stadiums that you are standing in. Stadiums are meant to provide comfortable as well as unblocked views of the game in progress. The seats may be in the form of bleachers, individual or row seating based on the kind of construction and the layout of the stadium. Seating options are customized for the occasion and the kind of sport being played, in addition to the budget in consideration. Attendees can also look out for luxury venues that one can use the elevator to reach and get the kind of facilities and treatment that one expects from five star comforts.

Bleachers are generally exposed and not upholstered, which means that these are limited in comfort and luxury. Most stadiums however, have auxiliary upholstering to add to the un-uphostered structural parts and in some cases the chairs may be permanent too. Nowadays, the trend is to ensure that the outdoor parks as well as stadiums have ergonomic designs where the configuration of the seats keeps the users’ best comfort in mind.

In movie theaters, the trend has shifted in favor of seats that are similar to those found in the stadiums and not merely the ones which had the slightly inclined designs that were just mildly comfortable. In stadiums, the entrance is at the rear, with a ramp placed in the wall, where there are stairs on either side that lead up to the seats. It is sad but true that when it comes to people in wheelchairs, they are generally forced to take up position in the front rows, which are least preferred by other users. This is because that this position they have to strain and stretch their necks. With change in the air, some mobility sensitive theaters are adding in elevators specially for wheelchairs to help patrons reach the top rows.

Stadiums have seating based on the kind of sport being played on the ground. For one, football stadiums generally have bleacher, simple seats while baseball stadiums have seats in tiers with back and arms too. The seating in football stadiums, which is prevalent in some colleges to, is called stepped seating where it is possible to step over the seats and across the aisles too.

Having backrests to the seats increases the comfort level of sports spectators with some of the possible options being quite inexpensive too. These backrests can sometimes be used along with older bleachers and nowadays there are special seating arrangements for people with disabilities too.