EDAR'S Solution
EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof) provides shelter to the homeless in an
innovative cost and usage effective way. The EDAR unit is a
purpose-specific, special four-wheeled enclosed device, very roughly
reminding one of a covered shopping cart.
During the day, the EDAR unit is used to pursue the necessities of life.
Personal belongings are secured by the use of locks. The front and back of
the cart have storage baskets with removable canvas pouches. The unit is
waterproof and provides protection for what it contains. EDAR's wheels are
better than a supermarket cart's, being slightly larger and easier to steer
in a consistent fashion. There are two brake and locking mechanisms which
ensure the unit will not move on its own.
At night, the EDAR unit easily hinges out and down to Night Mode in less
than 30 seconds, becoming a sleeping unit. Unfolding the unit allows it to
lock in place as the flat metal base extends. The metal and wood base has a
mattress and military-grade canvas cover, providing a robust tent-like
shelter. The unit is flame-retardant, waterproof, windproof and helps
protect from the elements. There are translucent windows that provides light
and a view of the surrounding area. By re-folding the unit, the EDAR quickly
returns to Day Mode.
