Thursday, August 05, 2004

"Power Couch" offers mobility to millions

(New York, NY) For decades, millions of Americans who have spent their waking moments on the living room couch have been forced to limit their travels to the path between the television and the refridgerator. But thanks to new developments in mobility technology, the horizons for these individuals may now be limitless.

One new product set to hit shelves and factory showrooms this fall is the "Power Couch", a new product from SkooterShack. Powered by a V-4, dual cam shaft, turbo-bio-diesel power cell that offers 250 horsepower and 27 miles to the gallon, the Power Couch is expected to fast become one of the toughest and best equipped mobility units on the market.

SkooterShack President Wes Gravehill has been pleased with the early test results of his new product as well as recent developments in the science of moving large people. "I'm a big man myself and I always hated using those pitiful little skooters at the supermarket. I decided it was time to make a product that would be easy to use and operate, as well as economical."

Nancy Sporksberg, a single, 34-year-old, from Kentucky recently made local healines by traveling on a prototype Powercouch from her hometown in Paduca, Kentucky to Rockafeller Plaza in New York City. The trip took only two days and Sporksberg claims the Power Counch has given her a new found lease on life. "Before, life was dull and uninteresting. I was actually quite embarrassed about the lifestyle I had adopted. I would sit and watch TV on the couch and would get up only to rummage through the fridge or feed my goldfish. But with the Power Couch I can travel anywhere in the continental United States, without having to leave my comfy sofa."

While most states allow for electric powerchairs and skooters to operate on the nation's roadways, some state legislatures are hesitant to expand such prividges to vehicles like the Power Couch.

"The Powercouch has been known to be a real hazard on the freeway," says New York Travel Commisioner Rich Franangello. "Most couches are extremely wide, even wider than a typical lane of traffic, making them dangerous to other motorists. Some studies have also shown that Power Couch is vulnerable when making tight manuevers and it also seems to be unable to protect passengers involved in head-on collisions." Franangello says most accidents on the Power Couch are difficult to avoid since drivers can easily succumb to sleep while behind the controls.

Despite such criticisms, Wes Gravehill says SkooterShack will move forward with production of the Power Couch and is excited about the possibilities this product brings to millions of immobile Americans. "We are constantly looking for ways to improve the system," says Gravehill. "Future designs call for built-in mocha machines and metalic pinchers to keep people awake at the wheel. We're also looking into the possibility of implementing seatbelts on all of our Power Couch models."

The SkooterShack corporation first reached the national spotlight in 1987 when it released its now infamous Power Privy, a fiberglass "out-house" on wheels. The company marketed its mobile restroom as ideal for "People on the Go: Literally and literally!!!" The company's stock crashed soon thereafter.

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