GreenGrip

To make better door handles for people dealing with arthritis and other issues that cause weakness in the hands, and pain at specific joints. Normal door handles cause pain to individuals living with arthritis due to the pressure on the joints, and due to the turning mechanism, so we've created an adaptation that simplifies and eases both the door knob, as well as the door lock mechanisms.

Inspired by variations of electronic door handles and insulin cartridges, we opted to create a manual handle that doesn't rely on battery power, as well as a re-design of the key within the system that requires less energy to lock. One of our main priorities was avoiding the usage of joints that are most affected by arthritis.

We built our project through prototyping and various iterations of our model, ensuring we tested specifically which joints were implicated in the motion of each door handle iteration. One challenge faced was ensuring that avoiding the usage of one joint didn't compromise another. This project gave us insight into the difficulties that accompany physical disabilities, and the importance of accommodating those wherever we can.

Here is the link to our Google Drive with all our documents: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OTUMAzmKeepRcFwzurthJNXxsB7KTcyu?usp=drive_link

greengrip-design_challenge.pdf greengrip-design-challenge.zip

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• solidworks