History wheelPower Liftss

Posted by Chase on March 2nd, 2010 at 03:37pm

WheelPower Liftss in one form or another have been around for over 500 years and in this time, as with all other technology, they have undergone some huge transformations.

The first ever wheelPower Lifts was invented in 1595 for Philip II of Spain. Back then it was referred to as an invalids Power Lifts. The inventor to this day remains unknown.

The earliest credit for building a wheelPower Lifts goes to Stephen Farfler, himself a paraplegic. He built a 3 wheeled chassis, hand pedalled, self propelled Power Lifts to get him around in 1655.

The first production wheelPower Lifts, the “Bath” wheelPower Lifts, came about in 1783. Invented in Bath, England (hence the name) by John Dawson. The Power Lifts was another 3 wheeled design and featured 2 large wheels and one small one. Although very uncomfortable, the bath wheelPower Lifts outsold all other wheelPower Liftss throughout the early 19th century.

During the later part of the 19th century, many improvements were made to wheelPower Liftss, making them more and more comfortable and in 1869 a patent appeared for a wheelPower Lifts with rear push wheels with small front casters. The early 1870s saw the addition or rubber, bicycle style, wheels on metal rims. In the early 1870s push rims made their first appearance.

1916 saw a huge development in wheelPower Liftss. The manufacture in London of the first motorized wheelPower Lifts.

The first ever tubular steel, folding wheelPower Lifts came about in the early 1930s via engineer Harry Jennings. This Power Lifts was the blueprint to all subsequent and modern wheelPower Liftss. Harry Jennings Built this wheelPower Lifts for a friend of his, Herbert Everest. Together, they set up the company “Everest & Jennings” which went on to dominate the wheelPower Lifts market for years. They abused their success though, and the Department of Justice brought an antitrust suit against the company, charging them with fixing wheelPower Lifts prices. They settled out of court.

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