A WHEELCHAIR RESTRAINT SYSTEM. FOR HANDICAPPED DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS

A motorized wheelchair tie-down system has been developed for use in vehicles by the wheelchair bound driver or passenger. This system provides for automatic securement of the wheelchair to the vehicle by operation of an electrical switch. The design also provides a way of anchoring the seat belt to the wheelchair without loading the wheelchair frame with occupant restraining forces during a crash. Sled impact tests using a 50th percentile male cash dummy demonstrate that this device provides effective restraint of the wheelchair even when all the occupant restraint is provided by a lap belt only. More effective occupant protection is provided if an upper torso belt is used in conjunction with this system.

• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society

  National Research Council of Canada, Room 183, Bldg M-50
  Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R8  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Schneider, L W
  • Tenniswood, D N
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 360

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Crashes; Drivers; Equipment; Manual safety belts; Passengers; Persons with disabilities; Restraint systems; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Equipment for handicapped; Passenger restraints
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00342533
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 28 1982 12:00AM