Assistive Technology for Box Assembly and Channel Tube Production

Figure 2: The box folding device, with a folded box in the background

Several devices that enable individuals with disabilities to perform their assigned jobs at work. One device helps an individual perform a box folding task by reducing the number of steps required. Another device helps an individual perform a tape cutting task using a custom turntable and a rotary blade from a paper cutter.

Time Card Packaging System

Figure 2a: The client using the Time Card Packaging System: she has loaded the papers and the Ziploc bag onto the device and starts sliding the papers into the bag

A packaging system for Goodwill Industries, which enables the user to assemble and slide a set of documents into a Ziploc bag.

Ziploc Bag Management System: JAWS

Figure 1. Side View of JAWS device.

A packaging system for Goodwill Industries, which enables the user to assembly and slide a set of documents into a Ziploc bag. This project was updated in 2010 as “Time Card Packaging System”

One-Handed Nailset And Chisel

Figure 2. The completed device, where the custom nailset tip is at the bottom right.

A nailset and chisel that the client can operate with one hand. The design is based on modifications to a commercial staple gun.

Small Item Counter

Fig.1 Small Item Counter Device

A counting device that helps employees keep track of how many items they are assembling for packaging.

Counter Revolution: The Audible Counter

Figure 1. The Audible Counter

A “talking” counter that, for each press of a button, counts up by one and announces the current count. This helps employees keep track of the work that they have accomplished.

Sight n’ Sound Shower Timer (SSS Timer)

Figure 1: SSS Timer with 4 minutes, 9 seconds remaining on task 1. The circular lights show the relative time remaining. The illuminated square shows the current task. Icons can be printed on transparencies and placed over the 8 squares to illustrate each of the tasks.

The SSS Timer is a multi-step programmable timer to help the user transition through a series of tasks at the appropriate times.