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Is it safe to climb a wheelchair?
The safety of stair climbing wheelchair depends on the user's operation.

The stair climbing wheelchair is a special wheelchair, which can help people with mobility difficulties climb stairs. Safety problems that should be paid attention to when using stair climbing wheelchair. Please read the instructions carefully before use to understand the usage and precautions. Ensure that the structure and parts of stair climbing wheelchair are intact, and there is no looseness or wear.

Before use, check the state of the stairs to ensure that the stairs are flat, dry and free from obstacles. During use, keep the speed steady, and don't be impatient or suddenly accelerate. When going up and down the stairs, keep your body balanced and don't tilt or shake. During use, always pay attention to the surrounding environment to avoid collision or collision with obstacles. Check the state of the wheelchair at any time to ensure that the tires, brakes and other parts work normally. Properly used and maintained, stair climbing wheelchair is safe.

Brief introduction to the types of stair climbing wheelchairs;

1, star wheel type

The stair climbing mechanism of star-wheel stair climbing wheelchair consists of several small wheels evenly distributed on Y-shaped, five-star shaped or cross-shaped pull rods. Each small wheel can not only rotate around its own axis, but also revolve around the central axis with a pull rod. When walking on the flat ground, the small wheels rotate, and when climbing stairs, the small wheels rotate together, thus realizing the function of climbing stairs.

2, step by step support type

Stepped stair climbing wheelchair has a history of nearly a hundred years abroad. After continuous evolution and improvement, it is now one of all kinds of stair climbing wheelchairs with higher safety and more complicated transmission mechanism. Its principle is to imitate the action of human climbing stairs, and it is supported alternately by two sets of supporting devices to realize the function of going up and down stairs.

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