Wheelchair Backpack Swivel
Invented by 12-year old Chandler Mococha
 

At age 12, Chandler saw his neighbor who is in a wheelchair struggling to get her belongings out of her backpack hanging on the back of her wheelchair. Both disabled kids and adults who are confined to wheelchairs have this same problem. This is frustrating and forces them to always rely on help from others when in fact they are striving independence. 

Chandler’s Wheelchair Backpack Swivel aids wheelchair bound people with retrieving their back pack or bag from behind wheelchair. He came up with a brilliant prototype made of tube, elbow fittings, springs, nuts and bolts. This brings a sense of independence and control to a life completely dependent on a chair and the people around them.

Chandler won the Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Contest. He was inducted into the National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors, won the DaVinci Award for designing for accessibility and received endorsements from medical equipment industry

"I am requesting that your product development people contact this family or the company representing this product and explore the possibility of bringing this product to market. Wright & Filippis will certainly purchase these for sale to end users event that you add this product to your line.”
- Tim Hatt Director, Home Medical Equipment Wright & Filippis, Inc.