D4E1 - Shopping Bag Hook for Walker (Genimo-20)

This project is a collaboration between disciplines from Howest University in Kortrijk (Belgium). You can check the rest of the projects of D4E1 at designforeveryone.howest.be. Our team members are:

Britt De Beule (Occupational Therapy)

Arthur Bekaert (Industrial Design)

Doğan Mert Güven (Industrial Design)

Together with rollator users, we looked for problems with their rollators. Lena (our client) often has a lot of groceries that she can't put in her basket. Therefore she has to hang her extra bags on her handles. The bags get in the way of the brakes and often drag on the ground. After some consultation with our client, we chose to design a hook that helps with her shopping. The result is a custom hook for her walker.

The hook is designed symmetrically so it can be mounted on either side of the walker. We have chosen two independent parts so that the hook can be replaced separately. This is useful if it ever breaks after extended use.

What will you need to make the shopping bag hook:

• (Acces to) a 3D printer
• Filament (PLA, color you prefer)
• A screwdriver (philips)
• Bolts and nuts (M3)

The shopping bag hook consists of two parts, a clip that is mounted around the frame of the rollator and the hook itself. For the hook there is a choice of two variants, a long and a short version. Both fit on the clip.

Both parts can be printed in one go as the image above shows. The parts require minimal support to print. The hook is printed on the side for a stronger result (direction of the print layers). Everything is printed at a resolution of 0.2 and an infill of 100% so that both parts fit together well and are strong enough.

Necessary parts for assembly:

• Shopping bag clip (1x)
• Shopping bag hook (large or small) (1x)
• M3 countersunk bolt (1x)
• M3 nut (1x)

Assembly steps:

1. Put shopping bag clip around tube of the walker
2. Insert the nut in the clip
3. Screw the countersunk bolt in with a screwdriver
4. Attach the desired hook by sliding it over the clip

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