‘Help Lock’ Doorknob Protects Olds From Bathroom Peril

Sometimes , old peoplefall and they ca n’t get up . It ’s a fact ! Designer Haishan Deng hasproposeda simple , time bathroom doorknob for folks who are prostrate to such accidents , living alone , or clumsy .

Here ’s how it works : In the initial setup , you programme a clock time boundary — say , 20 minutes — for your next bathroom . From that point on , whenever you shut the room access and spark the alarm , the supporter Lock will sound a preliminary alarm after the allotted clip , giving the bath inhabitant 30 seconds to deactivate it . After that , the doorknob will induct an rattling call to whatever routine you ’ve chosen to infix , whether it be a neighbor or emergency services .

The concept seems like a pragmatical approach to a real problem for senior citizen , but begs for one minor modification . Does force an previous person to scramble from a bathing tub to inactivate an alarm that your forgot about phone like a good estimation ? Throw another minute on there and we ’ve credibly got a succeeder . Check out a more in - depth verbal description of the Help Lock ’s functionality at [ Yanko ]

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