Taking MARTA - in addition to being a good carry-on, our luggage had to be easy to transport on buses and in cars, on the way to and from the airport.
The building process
Our wheelchair-attachment hook mechanism allowed the bag to roll fairly smoothly behind the wheelchair user as they traveled.
The front part of the luggage detached to become a personal bag/lap tray, for use on the airplane, allowing the user to put the main bag in the overhead while keeping their phone, magazines, etc. with them.
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Universal Luggage
Spring 2015
Team members: DeJon Tebought, Sera Paek
The goal of this project was to create carry-on luggage that could be universally used. We tested our luggage with wheelchair users at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. Our design includes 360 caster wheels, an adjustable-angle handle, and a removable portion on the front of the bag that can hold ID, boarding pass, laptop, etc, and function as a lap tray.
