Bob Griffin
Innovation in Engineering and Manufacturing Assistive Technology @Tomcat Sni Ltd - Tri-Cycling Excellence
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Innovation in Engineering and Manufacturing Assistive Technology @Tomcat Sni Ltd - Tri-Cycling Excellence
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ABOUT BOB GRIFFIN
Tomcats founder, Bob Griffin, has been a lifelong professional engineer, with many years experience in manufacturing, marine engineering and innovation.In 1997, Bob met his wife Anne, and her son Thomas who had Angelman’s syndrome, a profound disability, typified by severe learning difficulties, sleep disturbance and poor coordination. Bob and Tom soon became best friends and Bob looked for ways to help Tom sleep through increasing his exercise. At that time, trikes were considered unsuitable for children like Tom on safety and ability grounds, however, Bob invented an entirely new kind of trike called a “Tomcat” which overcame the difficulties that were holding children like Tom back.Its main feature was “Carer Control” – a rear steering and braking innovation that put the carer in control of every aspect of the child’s safety. It became Tomcat signature invention, and the industry standard for special needs trike manufacturers worldwide, however, Tomcats patented system remains the gold standard by which all others are judged.In 2013, and more recently in 2020, Tomcat won the Queen\'s Award for Innovation for the 50 plus innovations that Tomcat developed for the disabled community.
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