Invacare 9TPZ Owners Manual - Page 21

3 SAFETY Moving Down Stairs 1. Remove the occupant from the wheelchair. 2. If necessary, rotate the anti-tippers so the wheels are facing up. 3. One assistant (positioned behind the wheelchair), securely grasps a non-removable (non-detachable) part of the wheelchair for leverage and tilts the wheelchair back to the balance point. 4. After the wheelchair has been tilted back to the balance point, the assistant behind the wheelchair rolls the wheelchair up to the edge of the first step. 5. The second assistant (positioned in the front of the wheelchair), with a firm hold on a non-detachable part of the framework, lowers the wheelchair down and on to the next stair below and steadies the wheelchair as the assistant in the rear places one foot on the next stair below and repeats process. 6. The wheelchair should not be lowered until the last stair has been negotiated and the wheelchair has been rolled away from the stairway. 7. If necessary, rotate the anti-tippers so the wheels are facing down. FIGURE 2 Stairways Escalators ƽ WARNING DO NOT use an escalator to move a wheelchair between floors. Serious bodily injury may occur. Part No 1100869 21 Invacare®9000 Topaz™Wheelchair