AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Work
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
user-driven design , Load Distribution, Cervical Spine Pain
COUNTRY
India
DESIGNED BY
Rishabh Singh
Industrial Designer
IDC, IIT Bombay
WEBSITE
http://www.globalgradshow.com/projects/sahayak-load-carrying-aid-for-porters/
Sahayak : Load Carrying Aid for Porters
It aims at reducing major load from head to shoulder while maintaining contact of load with head.
PURPOSE
Porters carry luggage of passengers of Indian Railways over their head. This leads long term fatigue especially cervical spine pain. Project aims at reducing major load from head to shoulder while maintaining contact of load with head using aluminium frame.
INSPIRATION
This observation is common watching people bargaining from poor and needy shopkeepers. Similarly people bargain from these porters for their physical labour. And they suffer a lot to earn daily needs travelling and carrying load. Till now only product they have is trolley which can b used only on platforms connected via ramp. Indian railways have very few such platforms. So only way is to carry load is on head. So something has to be done on ease their journey and livelihood.