
COLOURS
by Permobil
was first
to the market with BOING,
a spring- cushioned model that had the field
all to itself for awhile.
FROG
LEGS
came next,
with a polymer shock absorber for front
casters, available for any wheelchair.
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INVACARE
incorporated four independently
activated polymer shocks on its new Action/
TopEnd model, the TERMINATOR
SS -- Frog
Legs for the two front casters, and a
Quadra-Pivot ThudBuster for each of the rear
wheels.
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QUICKIE
division
of Sunrise Medical used a slightly different
approach on its recently released XTR
model. A centrally mounted 'mono-shock'
device cushions both front and back wheels. |