SECTION 2—SAFETY/HANDLING
Transport Chairs
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Follow this procedure for moving the transport chair between floors when an elevator is
NOT available:
1. After the transport chair has been tilted back to the balance point, one assistant (in the
rear) backs the transport chair up against the first step, while securely grasping a
non-removable (non-detachable) part of the transport chair for leverage.
2. The second assistant, with a firm hold on a non-detachable part of the framework, lifts
the transport chair up and over the stair and steadies the transport chair as the first
assistant places one foot on the next stair and repeats STEP 1.
3. The transport chair should not be lowered until the last stair has been negotiated and
the transport chair has been rolled away from the stairway.
WARNING
DO NOT use an escalator to move a transport chair between floors. Serious bodily
injury may occur.
Folding and Unfolding Transport Chair
Unfolding
NOTE: For this procedure, refer to FIGURE 2.5.
1. Open the transport chair by grasping the push handle of the transport chair closest to
you.
2. Tilt the transport chair toward you (raising the opposite wheel and caster off the
ground/floor).
3. Push downward on the top
of the seat rail closest to you where the seat upholstery is
attached until the transport chair is fully open.
FIGURE 2.5
Unfolding
