Anti-Tip Devices – These are brackets with metal devices designed to prevent freestanding ranges from tipping.
Example:
A wheelchair has a pair of wheels supporting a frame, a pair of front castors, a seat, and an anti-tipping device on the frame.
Armrests - Occupants can rest their arms. Armrests should support your lower arms and allow your upper arms to remain close to the torso and made of soft material and have rounded edges.
Example:
Armrests, if provided, should be soft, allow your shoulders to relax and occupants can rest their arms.
Bariatric Chairs - Lift recline chairs and lifting devices.
Example:
Cater for the larger person and features increased weight capacities, heavy duty supports and wider widths to fit the person needs.
Bariatric - This branch of medicine deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity.
Example:
Obesity.
Camber –A variety of curvatures and angles.
Example:
The angle made by the wheels of a vehicle
Center of Gravity – This is the point in the body at which the acceleration caused by gravity islocalized.
Example:
The center of an object's weight distribution, where the force of gravity can be considered to act.
Center of Mass - The unique point at the center of a distribution of mass in space that has the property that the weighted position vectors relative to this point sum to zero.
Example:
The mean location of a distribution of mass in space.
Dependent Mobility System - Mobility systems that are propelled by an attendant.
Example:
Strollers, generic wheelchairs, and transport chairs.
Electrically Powered Wheelchair – A wheelchair that is moved via the means of an electric motor and navigational controls, usually a small joystick mounted on the armrest, rather than using manual power.
Example:
An electric-powered wheelchair
Front Rigging - Swingaway Frame
Example:
Swingaway Frame
Independent Manual Mobility System - Systems in which the user has the ability to propel the device using body power only.
Example:
Systems in which the user has the ability to propel the device using body power only.
Independent Powered Mobility - Motorized wheelchairs that are controlled by the user.
Example:
Motorized wheelchairs
Lightweight Wheelchair – This Allow for weight capacities up to 300 pounds while keeping the total weight of the chair under 35 pounds.
Example:
Allow for weight capacities up to 300 pounds while keeping the total weight of the chair under 35 pounds.
Low-Shear System – A Systems in which the back hinges to the seat in a manner that reduces the movement of tissue across the seating surface during tilting or reclining of the seat.
Example:
Systems in which the back hinges to the seat in a manner that reduces the movement of tissue across the seating surface during tilting or reclining of the seat.
Manual Wheelchair – A chair propelled by the occupant, usually by turning the large rear wheels, from 20-24 inches (51–61 cm) in average diameter, and resembling bicycle wheels.
Example:
Manual wheelchairs are those that require human power to move them.
Non proportional Control - A system or method for driving a power driven wheelchair.
Example:
A motor controller to control the power driven wheelchair.
Proportional Control – A linear feedback control system.
Example:
Proportional control is how most drivers control the speed of a car.
Push Handles - A device that a person must move themselves without the assistance of a battery.
Example:
Self-propel - which requires the user to propel with the use of their limbs, and companion propelled, which means that you must have a person to push you.
Rigid Ultra-lightweight Wheelchair - An upgrade over a heavy wheelchair that can cause your condition to worsen and may also lead to further physical problems.
Example:
Custom wheelchairs designed for very active users who are after the ultimate in performance.
Scooter - A powered wheelchair design with three or four wheels, a tiller steering system, and a bucket mounted to a single post.
Example:
A powered wheelchair used by marginal ambulators who need mobility assistance to conserve energy.
Shear - Occurs when forces are parallel, such as the movement that occurs as the head of the femur moves across the acetabulum during hip movement.
Example:
When a patient slumps in a chair.
Smart Wheelchair - Any motorized platform with a chair designed to assist a user who has a physical disability.
Example:
Lightweight Portable and Foldable Electric Powered Wheelchair
Standard Wheelchair -A powered wheelchair with the base designed to the conventional manual wheelchair’s frame and has large rear wheels with small front casters.
Example:
A powered wheelchair in which the base is similar in design to the conventional manual wheelchair frame, with large rear wheels and small front casters.
Standing Wheelchair - Chairs used for environmental access and pressure relief. Control of speed can be done with a joy-stick controller.
Example:
Featuring an easy to access joy-stick controller that allows you to fully control the movement of the chair. It also features a stand up mode, which allows you to drive the chair while in a standing position.
Supporting Structure –A structured that consists of the frame of a wheelchair and its attachment.
Example:
The frame of a wheelchair and its attachment.
Tilt - Wheelchair systems with all seating angles preset to consumer’s needs and the entire seating system is tilted back as one piece.
Example:
A seat-back angle that is maintained as the seating system rotates around a fixed or sliding pivot point.
Transitional Mobility Device – A powered mobility devices that’s used to augment a young child’s independent locomotion without the complexity and expense of a powered wheelchair.
Example:
Powered mobility devices.
Ultra-lightweight Wheelchair – This chair provides you with a lightweight solution for your personal needs, without sacrificiperformance and durability.
Example:
Folding wheelchairs, meaning that the frame can be folded and stored into a small space, such as a vehicle trunk, car garage or storage space.
Wheel-Lock - A friction-wheel mechanism to cause a spark for firing a firearm.
Example:
A friction-wheel mechanism to cause a spark for firing a firearm.
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