Morning,

 

Thanks for your comments and suggestions on this.

 

I’d be interested to see the drawings Gerard; I do like the idea of using the wheelchair swingaway mechanism too Jeremy. I noticed on his Sunrise Q??? it had a new, robust-looking swingaway unit, more durable the unit typically fitted to the Salsa. The powered units do have potential, but they do have the extra support issues, managing power supply and charging and so on.

 

I really want a powered version of this:

 

https://www.bodypoint.com/ECommerce/category/power-chair-components/midline-joystick-mounting

 

And one that plugs into the R-Net bus, adding an additional mode “Swingaway Mount”, controlled by the joystick remote,  and not worrying about external charging or wiring the power supply into the wheelchair.

 

I’ve decided to try a manual Bodypoint Midline Joystick mount for now. The only thing preventing me from using a wheelchair swingaway is that we need to mount his device on the right, the same side as his joystick remote – otherwise I would have tried that too.

 

Thanks for all the comments!

 

Paul

 

 

 

Hi Paul

 

Give Ian Bullock a ring. On his last visit he showed us a prototype friction swing away arm designed for the M series mounts. I have made a few 90 degree friction ones for iPads on lite mounts. If you want to have a go I’ll send you the drawings.

 

Regards Gerard

 

 

 

Hi Paul

 

Some of those motorised units seem really good. If you don’t have the funds for that, or if the individual’s residual function allows, we sometimes use a standard swing-away joystick mount on the opposite armrest to the joystick in combination with a Manfrotto double ball joint or a gooseneck if reach is significantly compromised. We connect to the swing-away by attaching a 3/8” threaded stud that can then take any of the Manfrotto adapters/arms. Cheap and cheerful, but we have found it effective.

 

Cheers

 

Jeremy

 

 

 

 

Hi everyone,

 

I’m working with someone who is has an iPad-based AAC device using direct access. He would like to be able to independently move the device away to enable a change of position for independent personal care.

 

He would not be able to swing away independently a Daessy folding or swing aside mount, nor a Rehadapt light mount.

 

Any ideas?

 

Paul

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