Easy Roller identified a need in many markets for a manual wheelchair without metal. People can now be transported in airports, hospitals, swimming pools and spas without any problems with metal detectors, rust, or damage to instruments.

The challenges were demanding: the wheelchair had to have a modern design and satisfy strict requirements for strength and function according to given standards. The chair also had to have a sufficiently low cost price to be economical.

An integrated product

The Easy Roller wheelchair is made of 100% thermoplastic. This is an innovation which means that the wheelchair meets the need to be able to pass through metal detectors at airports. It can also be used in or beside swimming pools without rusting and can be pushed all the way into MRI machines in hospitals without any risk to staff or machine.

Easy Roller is exciting in terms of production technology. For economic and practical reasons the whole body is cast in one piece and it has no loose or removable parts. The continuous form creates a new look in the world of wheelchairs.

Company: Easy Roller AS

Project group company: Project Manager: Managing Director, Torbjørn Skjæran, EasyRoller

Design: Eker Design AS

Project group design company: Design/engineering: Development Manager Victor Rosenvinge, Eker Design - Design/Engineering/Project Manager Morten Akre, Eker Design - Reference group marketsegments: Physiotherapist Roald Danielsen, SAS GroundService - Ergo therapist Anita Dyb, Muritunet - Radiography Allan Andreassen, Ålesund Sjukehus - Strength Analysis in Development: Professor Terje Rølvåg, NTNU

Award / year: Award for Design Excellence - 2011

Category: Industrial design