Mobility scooter trailer gives Coventry innovator market Freedom - A Coventry man who developed a pioneering mobility scooter trailer for his wife is now breaking into the North American market with his product. Steve Whitmore – whose wife Zelda is an MS sufferer who uses a mobility scooter – invented and developed the Freedom Carrier with support from the Advantage West Midlands-funded Innovation Networks programme. The Freedom Carrier attaches to the back of the mobility scooter and can hold up to six shopping bags. The idea came about after Steve noticed that shopping trips were restricted by the limited storage space on the scooter, which often led to unsafely using handlebars to hang bags of shopping. The former motor-breakdown salesman developed the stylish trailer and has now set up Freedom Enterprises to make and sell the Carrier and already around 100 have been sold, including a current order of 400 to the North American market.