Final

Joey Raskin-Lantos and Sam Bortman

People with seveer cases of Cerebral Palsy requiring a lift vest face the issue of wearing something that is unfashionable and attracts stigma.  We designed a lift vest that would both facilitate the transfer of an immobile person and have a component of style. Our final iteration, although still using only nylon, was changed dramatically. We tried to integrate the straps into the design as much as possible. For our final iteration, we kept our core concept of using woven nylon together to create a more custom and creative lift vest. Our design was made constructing a comfortable lift vest that was also fashionable. Our lift vest has a cross design across the chest and in the back, and handles and straps woven in. The vest allows a person to feel comfortable wearing a piece of once ugly adaptable clothing, and help ease the caretakers responsibilities that are often exhausting.