Calf-Strap Loops (TiLite acquires Three Rivers)

chasmengr · 11-17-2010, 03:21 PM

http://www.3rivers.com/TiLite_ThreeR...t_Nov2010.html

stephen212 · 11-17-2010, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by chasmengr

http://www.3rivers.com/TiLite_ThreeR...t_Nov2010.html

Great. Now that they've got that out of the way they can work on improving the back angle hardware and begin offering calf strap loops.

taziar · 11-17-2010, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by stephen212

Great. Now that they've got that out of the way they can work on improving the back angle hardware and begin offering calf strap loops.

Hell yes! I want calf strap loops. So simple, and yet it looks so nice. Obviously I want a back that doesn't constantly come loose, too.

//buying something some time next year

Edinburgh Colin · 11-17-2010, 05:03 PM

I agree, the back fix would be nice, imagine how many others there are out there with the same problem who do not read or post here, I hope they are taken care of too with a general recall/upgrade/replacement plan.

stephen212 · 11-17-2010, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by taziar

Hell yes! I want calf strap loops. So simple, and yet it looks so nice.

I believe calf strap loops won the 1985 Wheelchair Design Innovation Award.

Eventually TiLite will get around to offering them.

canuck · 11-17-2010, 05:59 PM

Calf straps? They've been a option forever. We're talking about the strap that prevents you legs from falling back off the footrest right? Got them on my 2004 chair. They are a pain to adjust when you have poor finger dexterity though.

taziar · 11-17-2010, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by canuck

Calf straps? They've been a option forever. We're talking about the strap that prevents you legs from falling back off the footrest right? Got them on my 2004 chair. They are a pain to adjust when you have poor finger dexterity though.

No, we're talkin calf strap LOOPS... attachment points on the down-tube of the chair so that the strap doesn't have to wrap around the tube and be all ugly. If you watch the video above carefully you can see that the strap is not visible on the front of the chair...

Edit: Sorry, the referenced video was in another thread. I'm a dope. here's the video I was referring to.

canuck · 11-17-2010, 06:03 PM

Calf straps are the next listed item after seat belts, two different options & lots of different sizes. That was the ZRA2 order form, don't have time to check the others.

canuck · 11-17-2010, 06:04 PM

Oops sorry my bad, I've never seen those on a ultralight char.

taziar · 11-17-2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by stephen212

I believe calf strap loops won the 1985 Wheelchair Design Innovation Award.

Eventually TiLite will get around to offering them.

WTF...that's two years BEFORE my injury, and I've never seen a chair with them in person. Why the hell does it take so long for innovative ideas to trickle through and become standard equipment?

I hate wheelchairs.

11-17-2010, 03:21 PM	#1
chasmengr Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Nebraska, USA Posts: 2,048	Calf-Strap Loops (TiLite acquires Three Rivers) http://www.3rivers.com/TiLite_ThreeR...t_Nov2010.html __________________ Chas TiLite AeroZ1 I am a person with mild/moderate hexaparesis (impaired movement in 4 limbs, head, & torso) caused by RRMS w/TM C7&T7 incomplete Last edited by chasmengr; 11-18-2010 at 10:22 AM. Reason: Change title to fit main subject of thread

11-17-2010, 05:03 PM	#4
Edinburgh Colin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 239	I agree, the back fix would be nice, imagine how many others there are out there with the same problem who do not read or post here, I hope they are taken care of too with a general recall/upgrade/replacement plan. __________________ http://www.justgiving.com/Colin-Mather Click the link to help me support for the SCI Support Charity - The Back Up Trust

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11-17-2010, 05:59 PM	#6
canuck Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: BC Canada Posts: 2,575	Calf straps? They've been a option forever. We're talking about the strap that prevents you legs from falling back off the footrest right? Got them on my 2004 chair. They are a pain to adjust when you have poor finger dexterity though.

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canuck Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: BC Canada Posts: 2,575	Calf straps are the next listed item after seat belts, two different options & lots of different sizes. That was the ZRA2 order form, don't have time to check the others.

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canuck Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: BC Canada Posts: 2,575	Oops sorry my bad, I've never seen those on a ultralight char.