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<body style="text-align: Center; margin-left: 0"> <center> <h1> <img SRC="stdshadow.gif" BORDER=0 height=78 width=142><font size=+2>  <font color="#3333FF"> </font></font><font face="Copperplate Gothic Bold"><font size=+4><font color="#3333FF">AgrAbility II</font> </font></font><img SRC="agra_flag.gif" BORDER=0 height=80 width=234></h1></center> <font face="Copperplate Gothic Bold"></font>  <center> <h2> Remote Control Person Lift to Access a Model Agricultural Tractor</h2></center> <center> <h4> PSU Interdisciplinary Senior Design Projects</h4></center> <center> <h4> Spring 2001</h4></center> <h3> Problem Overview:</h3> <font face="Arial,Helvetica">Over the past thirty years, much attention has been given to keeping people affected by disability meaningfully employed.  Agriculture did not receive this attention until more recently, but is now moving toward accepting and returning people affected by a disability to fulltime employment on their farm.  These disabilities may be a result of an illness or injury.  Agriculture remains one of the most dangerous occupations.</font><font face="Arial,Helvetica"></font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Farmers and farm family members often visit agricultural shows throughout the year as not only a  way to learn new methods and products, but also as a social event to meet with sales representatives and other farm families.  At these events, a small model tractor with a lift attached will gain the attention of farm family members, and will garner an increase in the awareness of information and technologies that may return a farm family member affected by a disability to agricultural production.  An agricultural tractor lift is used so that a person who does not have the full use of his/her legs may still gain access to the tractor's operator platform.</font> </body>