User picks up remote control unit
The universal rod (se related tips) has many uses: to pick up objects (many of the user’s important objects have key rings attached), to reach and grasp objects that are in the back of a cabinet or on a table, to turn spareribs, to get magazines and paper, to wipe the floor with a towel or paper towel, to get something from the refrigerator, etc.; see also associated tips.
Sometimes when the user picks up a heavy object he first places it on a chair and then picks it up with his hand.
Users comments
Uses it for many purposes, every day, such as picking things up from the floor, a newspaper, a piece of fruit from a fruit bowl, a paper or a DVD.
How to make
Made from a piece of a fly fishing rod; must be tested individually for the user to get it to work.
Made by
User’s home services staff
Paid for by
The user
Whose idea
The user
User places remote control unit on chair
User takes a paper from a shelf
Needle taped to end of rod
Related tips
A specially designed universal rod to retrieve both light and heavy objects – suitable for persons with compromised arm/hand function. 2006
