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Hoverboard Inbase Ho Emisoa Ha Moea Oa Mokuli by Gerhard Maier - Hoverboard GmbH.

Hoverboard Inbase Ho Emisoa Ha Moea Oa Mokuli by Gerhard Maier - Hoverboard GmbH. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Disebediswa le Thepa ya Bongaka Competition Category.


TšepeSehlahiswa sa Bongaka· 2020

Hoverboard Inbase Ho Emisoa Ha Moea Oa Mokuli

by Gerhard Maier - Hoverboard GmbH.

Client: Hoverboard GmbH.

Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award Winner in Sehlahiswa sa Bongaka Category

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The Design

About Hoverboard Inbase Ho Emisoa Ha Moea Oa Mokuli

Hoverboard Inbase ke ts'ehetso e ikhethileng ea moea litlhapiso tse kopantsoeng le phetoho e kopaneng ea pneumatic urefu le sesebelisoa sa motsamao oa morao. Ho fihlela litlhoko tsa ts'ebetso, botsitso, bophahamo bo bonyane, ho sebetsana ka mokhoa o bobebe, polokeho, litekanyetso tsa molao le ts'ebetso, lisebelisoa tsa boleng ba premium li bohlokoa ho theha moralo o tsitsitseng, empa o bonoang o bobebe. Foromo e tlameha ho latela tšebetso, empa e susumetse bonolo.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award

Hoverboard Inbase Ho Emisoa Ha Moea Oa Mokuli ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang e fuoang meralo e metle e finyellang litlhoko tsa porofeshenale le tsa indasteri tse lebelletsoeng ho lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse entsoeng hantle. Bahapi ba Tšepe ba bontša bokhoni bo boholo, bokhethehi bo phahameng, kutloisiso ea litsebi le bokhoni ba boqapi ba baqapi ba bona. Hoverboard Inbase Ho Emisoa Ha Moea Oa Mokuli e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlahisitsoeng e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e sebetsang le e nang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa ea indasteri mme o na le litšobotsi tsa theknoloji tse nang le bokhoni tse amanang le tsebo le talenta. Ka lebaka la botlalo ba eona, Hoverboard Inbase Ho Emisoa Ha Moea Oa Mokuli e tšoanelehela tlhompho mme e entsoe ho fana ka ntlafatso ea bophelo e thusang ho etsa hore lefatše le be sebaka se molemo.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Hoverboard Inbase

is a unique airsuspended stretcher support with integrated pneumatic height adjustment and lateral movement device.

A new dimension in protecting patients and medical staff in ambulances.

Hoverboard - Premium ambulance technology
Dimensions & Packaging
L2183 x W606 x H155 mm.
Weight 126 kg
Tags
Hoverboard, air suspension, stretcher support, emergency medical service, ambulance
Production Technology
Stainless steel 1.4301.
Laser cutting, robot welding.
Premium materials.
Design Challenge
According to EN 1789 and ECE R17, the whole Hoverboard Inbase must resist to 20g.
Successfully tested by DEKRA Germany.
Research
Research in emergency medicine.

Objectives: Protecting patients in transport, ergonomics for physician and paramedics.

Methods: Lab experiments and field test runs with various ambulances.

Results:
Patients feel better and stay in better condition.
Less aggravation of their injuries.
Medical staff can work in upright posture.
This means a significant relief for their spine.
Inspiration
Patients worldwide are still being transported in ambulances straight above the rear axle of a delivery vehicle, suffering additional and unnecessary pain from road bumps.

Besides, this causes enormous medical expenses for the aggravation of their injuries during the ride in the ambulance.

Hoverboard Inbase insulates patients from impacts by an efficient air suspension, that absorbs up to 80 percent of the incoming acceleration by strokes from uneven roads.

All automatic and self adjusting to patients weight.
Project Duration
Project started in September 2017 in Mils/Austria.
Market release in May 2019 at RETTMobil in Fulda/Germany
Operation Flow
Operation:
Just slide in the stretcher.
The moment it locks, the Hoverboard adjusts automatically
to the patients weight and lifts gently to the level for optimal riding comfort.

Loading and unloading:
When unlocking the stretcher, the Hoverboard lowers automatically for easy loading and unloading.

Hence the patient only has to be slided, but never be raised manually.

Pneumatic lateral movement device:
Pressing one of the pushbuttons (front or backside) unlocks the cross motion device.
As long as you press, you can move the Hoverboard sideways in 8 positions, each 32 mm.

Releasing the button locks the Hoverboard in the nearest position.

Rigid position (e.g. for reanimation):
Pressing the blue main switch quickly lowers the Hoverboard to lowest, rigid position.

Pressing the red switch quickly lifts the Hoverboard to highest, rigid position.
Patents
HOVERBOARD is a registered european Trade Mark of Gerhard Maier.
Team Members
Gerhard Maier
Image Credits
All rights by Gerhard Maier, Hoverboard GmbH.

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