PaperBinders

The challenge

Brooke's job requires her to bind documents. She is looking for handle grip extenders or additional components for binder clips to make binding less painful.

Who it helps

Brooke has nerve damage which makes tasks that require fine motor skills with pressure difficult.

How it works

The first option eases the pressure away from the nerves in her fingers and the second option allows her to use her palms to provide a better point of pressure for binding.

Option 1: Inserting a fulcrum into the binder clip to ease the pressure on her hands.

Option 2: A sleeve that slides onto the grips to extend the surface area

Project details

• Stage: Concept
• Built by the Cooper Union community, New York, United States of America
• Team: Aliza
• Category: Daily Living
• 2 downloads

The build files for PaperBinders are free to download from this page - open source, shared by TOM: Tikkun Olam Makers.

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