| We are familiar with the all terrain vehicles such | | | | outdoors. This is possible because the wheels are |
| as Trikes and Quads that blaze up and down hills | | | | oversized pneumatic tires that absorb almost all |
| and through the forest. How about the reliable | | | | road shocks for a very comfortable ride. The |
| Jeep or Hummer during wartime? And my son's | | | | extra wide tires distribute the weight of the |
| favorite Monster Truck, BigFoot. All these vehicles | | | | wheelchair and person and therefore making it |
| are known to travel where other cars dream | | | | easier to push through many different |
| about. Many of us can walk and run on the beach, | | | | environments, including water.. |
| on a park trail, and on slippery snow. But what do | | | | This type of the wheelchair is designed to be |
| you do if your wheelchair bound? | | | | pushed by someone. This might be a tradeoff for |
| For the approximately 7 million wheelchair users, | | | | those wheelchair users who are very independent |
| the joy of traveling to the beach only to use the | | | | versus spending the day at the beach and |
| boardwalk, visiting your local park just to stay on | | | | enjoying nature. There is a powered all terrain |
| the paved pathways, or going out in the snow is | | | | wheelchair but on dry environments, because of |
| unfair. The skinny one inch thick tires on most | | | | the batteries. |
| wheelchairs are no match for the sand, gravel, | | | | Many wheelchairs are unable to fold and have non |
| mud, or any rough terrain. Some wheelchair | | | | removable wheels making them very difficult to |
| makers have 2" knobby tires, but they still sink in | | | | transport. Most wheelchair accessible transport |
| loose soil. It feels like you are pushing through | | | | vans have just enough room for one wheelchair. |
| quicksand. Yet known of the major | | | | These types of constraints limits the wheelchair |
| manufacturers have developed a chair to deal | | | | user access to nature. Therefore, the All Terrain |
| with rough terrain. | | | | Wheelchair must also be portable, lightweight, and |
| Finally there is a wheelchair designed for the | | | | easy to assemble. |