Everest and Jennings

In the 1940s, they supplied disabled veterans of World War II through government contracts that established the company as a recognized name in rehabilitation equipment.

[12] In 1977, the United States Justice Department formally accused Everest & Jennings of practices that violated antitrust laws.

[13] Nader was also involved with protests about the quality, safety, and price of Everest & Jennings chairs, by a disability rights group.

[17] In 1992, facing financial difficulties from lost market share,[18] Everest & Jennings moved from Camarillo, California to St. Louis, Missouri.

[23] Among the prominent early users of Everest & Jennings wheelchairs were Franklin Delano Roosevelt,[2] Sergeant Alvin C. York and Winston Churchill.

[25] Author Joni Eareckson Tada once wrote, "If they ever made a statue of me, I would want my 300-pound Everest & Jennings power chair front and center.