USER MANUAL | RIGID WHEELCHAIRS –
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
NOTE: If you ignore these warnings or fail to inspect or maintain your wheelchair as directed in the manual, you may fall, tip over or lose control of the wheelchair and seriously injure yourself or others and damage the
wheelchair.
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OCCUPIED TRANSIT
ANCHOR KITS
WARNING
Read all these pages before using the Motion Composites
wheelchair transit tiedowns.
Use equipment that meets RESNA WC-4:2017, Section 19
or ISO 7176-19:2019 standards and use it according to the
instructions.
Use only original wheelchair parts and a recognized
safety belt system.
Use appropriate occupied transit anchor kit and according to
instructions.
Avoid using the wrong equipment or attaching other equip-
ment to the wheelchair.
The following information pertains to Motion Composites wheel-
chairs equipped with a factory-installed RESNA WC-4:2017, Section
19 or ISO 7176-19:2019 occupied transit anchor kit. Read this manu-
al completely before using the wheelchair with the occupied transit
anchor kit in a motor vehicle. If you have any questions about this
manual or about using your wheelchair as a seat in a motor vehicle,
contact your Motion Composites Rehab Specialist.
WARNING
AVOID IMPROPER USE OF THIS
EQUIPMENT.
AVOID ATTACHING ANY OTHER EQUIP-
MENT, OTHER THAN THOSE DESCRIBED
IN THIS MANUAL, TO A MOTOR VEHICLE.
1. INTRODUCTION
Motion Composites wheelchair is available with an occupied anchor
kits conforming to the requirements of RESNA WC-4:2017, Section
19 or ISO 7176-19:2019 for occupied transit. This option is only
offered as a factory-installed option.
The occupied transit anchor kits option has been tested in accor-
dance with RESNA WC-4:2017, Section 19 (“WC19”) frontal impact
test and also tested in accordance with ISO 7176-19:2019, with a
169.4-lb. (77 kg) surrogate occupant to be compliant with a user
weight range of 23 to 120 kg (51 to 265 lb). The Motion Compos-
ites occupied transit anchor kits meet these standards to enable
wheelchairs to be more appropriately secured in a paratransit
vehicle. The occupied transit anchor kits options consist of four
mounting brackets factory-installed on the wheelchair. Only use the
designated anchor points to secure the wheelchair to the vehicle.
In some markets, the kits may be offered with an optional wheel-
chair anchored pelvic safety belt. Always use this optional belt with
the vehicle anchored chest safety belt. The optional wheelchair
anchored is only available for purchase from Motion Composites
and only available as a Motion Composites factory-installed option.
If this option is not present, always use the vehicle anchored three-
point safety belt. NEVER rely on a positioning belt during occupied
transit. The option is approved for use in occupied transit use.
Therefore, users of the occupied transit option should keep several
considerations in mind. First, the tests are conducted in manner
where the wheelchair is secured in a forward-facing position for a
frontal collision at 30 mph (48 km/h). The standards do not test for
wheelchair performance in any other type of collision, including,
without limitation, side impacts, rear impacts, rollovers, or higher
speed frontal impacts. Second, compliance with either standard
does not guarantee that the occupant will not be injured, even
in a frontal impact collision at 48 km/h (30 mph) or less. In such
an impact, the forces experienced are very large and injuries can
occur, even if the wheelchair performs exactly as required by the
standards.
As a result, Motion Composites always recommends that the wheel-
chair user should transfer to the motor vehicle seat and use the
vehicle-installed restraint system whenever it is feasible.
A wheelchair UNOCCUPIED transit option is also available on the
market for some Motion Composites wheelchairs. This UNOCCU-
PIED wheelchair transit option has not been crash-tested. This
wheelchair transit option only includes four tiedown brackets. This
option shall be used only for transiting an UNOCCUPIED wheel-
chair.
If you are not certain that an occupied transit anchor kit is installed
on your wheelchair, please contact Motion Composites customer
service. Kindly contact Motion Composites customer service with
any questions you may have regarding the use of this wheelchair
for occupied transit in a motor vehicle at the following number:
1 866 650-6555.
DO NOT have your wheelchair altered in any way by a non-autho-
rized Motion Composites center.
DO NOT make alterations or substitutions to the wheelchair
structural parts or frame components without consulting Motion
Composites.
2. LABELING
READ LABEL
READ
Read and follow the information in the user manual and
all supplemental information provided with the wheel-
chair before use.
OCCUPIED TRANSIT ANCHOR KIT LABEL
WC19 OR ISO7176-19:2019
Indicates that the wheelchair is tested and approved as
RESNA WC-4:2017, Section 19 or ISO 7176-19:2019 com-
pliant wheelchair for occupied transit in a motor vehicle.
ANCHOR POINTS LABEL
ANCHOR POINTS
Indicates wheelchair anchor points to be used to secure
wheelchair during occupied transit.
