Safer Locks automatically lock the chair
wheels when the users weight is lifted
from the seat of the chair. By default,
both wheels are locked until weight is
reapplied to the seat.
This is how we are
able to ensure that each and every
time the wheelchair is unoccupied, the
wheels are locked until the user is safely
seated in the chair.
As seen, any time the user is not seated,
Spring Tension Paddles mounted on
both sides of the chair move upward,
allowing a Lock Pin to engage into one
of sixteen holes molded in our Wheel
Hubs, instantly locking the wheels in
both directions. (Positive Locking)
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L
OCKING
OCKING
When a transfer takes place to the
wheelchair with the user safely seated,
both Paddles depress, disengaging the
Lock Pins from the Wheel Hubs as
shown.
Once disengaged, the wheelchair is
able to roll in either direction as normal.
Since Safer Locks are designed to make
an unoccupied wheelchair immobile at
all times, Override Handles are mount-
ed to manually disengage the locks for
transporting or rolling the wheelchair
when empty.
The wheelchair continues to fold and
retains all normal operation once Safer
Locks are installed.
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U
NLOCKING
NLOCKING
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M
OST
OST
WHEELCHAIR
WHEELCHAIR
FALLS
FALLS
COULD
COULD
BE
BE
PREVENTED
PREVENTED
The majority of falls occur simply
because the manual wheel locks
are either not used at all, or used
incorrectly, while transferring to
and from the wheelchair.
This will almost always result in the
wheelchair rolling away from the
user while attempting to sit into or
stand from the chair, causing a
fall and/or injury to take place
that could have easily been
avoided.
Safer Locks automatically secure
the wheels when needed, so
even when the manual locks are
not used, there is never a need to
worry about a fall being caused
by the wheelchair rolling out from
your loved one.
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