Ralph Braun showed the world his many abilities over many years before dying in 2013. Born in 1940 and diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at 6 years old, Braun created a motorized wagon less than a decade later to help him get around. In 1962, he built a motorized scooter, which he called the Tri-Wheeler, and rode it to and from his day job as a quality control manager for a nearby manufacturer.
Braun then began building and selling the scooter out of his parents’ garage at night under the name Save-A-Step (SAS) Manufacturing Co. A few years later, Braun equipped an old Post Office Jeep with a hydraulic tailgate lift and homemade hand controls so he could travel to work more easily.