Written by Mike Price, OT
SafePath Products is a large, California-based manufacturer and supplier of transitional ramps constructed from either 100% recycled rubber or 100% high-quality recycled composite materials. These threshold ramps are created to help eliminate structural barriers, allowing easy access for people using wheelchairs, walkers, canes, or those with mobility limitations.
SafePath not only manufactures various styles of ramps, they also manufacture seismic surface transitions, landings, flooring reducers, and other residential and industrial products that all fall within the ADA access compliance code. They are both the first company and the leading company in developing “green” products in the threshold ramp marketplace. They have also become the nation’s largest manufacturer of recycled ADA and FHA transition products.
More than 20 years ago, Timothy J. Vanderheiden, J.D. started SafePath with the intention of assisting people living with mobility issues to safely and easily transition over uneven surfaces such as doorways, curbs, and other obstructions. Throughout the years, SafePath and their professional and knowledgeable staff have worked diligently to find better ways to overcome vertical barriers using not steel, aluminum, or wood materials, but instead using high-quality, environmentally sustainable, recycled materials.
As one of the manufacturing leaders in creating “green” environmentally safe products, SafePath helps to divert over 4000 tires every month from landfills, streams, and rivers to create over 48,000 pounds of recycled crumb rubber to use in their attractive, slip-resistant transition products.
Threshold ramps are designed to provide a safe and smooth transition between uneven and raised thresholds between doorways, flooring, curbs, and more, to allow easy access by wheelchairs, rolling walkers, and people with limited mobility who cannot step high enough for safe passage over these barriers. While there are a number of companies that manufacture threshold ramps, few meet ADA requirements like SafePath.
When compared to other ramps made from aluminum or wood, SafePath ramps are designed with recyclable rubber and composite material, unlike other non-recycled soft rubber ramps. SafePath ramps are firm, not soft, and besides being constructed with 100% recyclable rubber, the company also only uses water-based, no-VOCF binders for a more environmentally friendly footprint. Also unlike facilities in China, SafePath doesn’t use extenders in their binders that produce off-gases that can be dangerous to the workers and consumers to breathe in.
Some of the notable differences between SafePath threshold ramps and ramps made of aluminum or wood:
Over the past 20 years, SafePath has designed and manufactured a variety of various products that help to provide a safe and easy solution to vertical barriers. Their lines include products for sporting events that offer reducer ramps to help remove vertical barriers affixed to the side of sporting synthetic fields, gyms, and basketball floors, as well as a safe lifting platform that reinvents weightlifting, powerlifting, and CrossFit platforms. Safe bathroom products include a shower ramp with a silicone adhesive base to help wheelchairs gain access into walk-in bathtubs or showers.
Other well-known products from SafePath comprise a number of threshold ramps, several of which are offered by Rehabmart.
The SafePath EZEdge Smooth Rubber Threshold Ramp is an ADA-compliant threshold ramp that can be used for standard doors, patio doors, sliding doors, shower doors, or interior thresholds. It is made with high-density recycled rubber that provides a slip-resistant surface and safe access to an exterior or interior residential or commercial entryway. The ramp can be notched to fit door jambs, and can be cut to height for a customized fit. The choice of ramp heights range from ½-inch to 3-inches in height, and is differentiated in ranges of ¼-inch increments.
The BigHorn Wheelchair Safety Threshold Ramp is a super safe and highly durable ADA-compliant threshold ramp designed to allow a smooth and easy entrance and exit from buildings with a height difference between the entryway and the door. Constructed with recycled plastic and covered with a StoneCap coating of ceramic-coated quartz crystals that provide an excellent slip-resistant surface, this lightweight yet durable threshold ramp also comes with peel and stick tape for a quick, easy, and stong installation. It can also be sized and notched to perfectly fit the door molding, and comes in your choice of nine colors. This is a perfect ramp for wheelchairs, electric chairs, and scooters.
The SafeResidential Wheelchair Entranceway Threshold Ramp is another ADA-compliant ramp made from recycled rubber material, and can be used indoors or outdoors. It is primarily designed to be used for residential buildings. With no weight limit, this ramp is perfect to use in all types of weather conditions for wheelchairs, scooters, electric chairs, wheeled-walkers, walkers, and people using canes. The height of the ramp ranges from 2-inches to 7-inches in ¼-inch increments, and is a perfect ramp to use for just about any entryway application or environment.
Threshold ramps are available in all sorts of sizes and designs and with a range of added safety features, but SafePath ramps are the best in the industry, featuring exceptional ADA-compliance, environmentally-friendly materials, superior durability, and weather-proof longevity. These ramps are totally customizable for a perfect fit, and ensure easy access to any doorway, room, or area for all mobility tools.
SafePath Products doesn’t just manufacture threshold ramps, they make the perfect ramp for users and for the planet, offering an exceptional product at all levels. Make sure you view all their great product offerings and more on Rehabmart.com. For more information about the best threshold ramps, and other accessibility devices, tips, & tricks, come visit us at Caregiver University.
Co-Founder of Rehabmart and an Occupational Therapist since 1993. Mike has spent his professional career working in multiple areas of Occupational Therapy, including pediatrics, geriatrics, hand therapy, ergonomics and inpatient / outpatient rehabilitation. Mike enjoys writing articles that help people solve complex therapeutic problems and make better product choices.
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