What are the general requirements for all products that conform to the wheelchair transport standards?
Since the overall goal of the standards efforts is to provide a level of transport safety equivalent to non-wheelchair users seated in motor vehicles, the basic principles and test procedures parallel those of the automotive industry. As a result, all the standards contain essentially equivalent general design, labeling, information disclosure and performance requirements that may be summarized as follows: Design: specifies the design features that a product (tiedown, occupant restraint or wheelchair) must have to carry out its intended function. Labeling: specifies the labels that must be affixed to a product to disclose that it conforms to the standard or will permit ready identification of the model and manufacturer in the event of a product recall. Information disclosure: specifies the nature of the information that most be made available to the installer or user of the product. This includes presale literature, product maintenance information, hazard warnings, installation instruc
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