Freedom Designs Freedom 2, Operating Manual

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Freedom Designs, Inc. 

Freedom 2 / Freedom 2 Kids 

Descending a Curb or Single Step 

Follow these steps to help a rider descend a curb or single step going down 
BACKWARD: 
1.  Stay at the rear of the chair. 
2.  Several feet before you reach the edge of the curb or step, turn the chair around 
 

and pull it backward. 

3.  While looking over your shoulder, carefully step back until you are off the 

curb or stair and standing on the lower level. 

4.  Pull the chair toward you until the rear wheels reach the edge of the curb or 

step. Then allow the rear wheels to slowly roll down onto the lower level. 

5.  When the rear wheels are safely on the lower level, tilt the chair back to its 

balance point. This will lift the front casters off of the curb or step. 

6.  Keep the chair in balance and take small steps backward. Turn the chair around 

and gently lower front casters to the ground. 

If you fail to heed these warnings, damage to your chair, a fall, tip-over or loss of 
control may occur and cause severe injury to the rider or others.

 
Climbing a Curb or Single Step 

Follow these steps to help the rider climb a curb or single step going FORWARD 
1.  Stay behind the chair. 
2.  Face the curb and tilt the chair  up on the rear wheels so that the front casters 

clear  the curb or step. 

3.  Move forward, placing the front caster on the upper level as soon as you are 

sure they are past the edge. 

4.  Continue forward until rear wheels contact the face of the curb or step. Lift and 

roll the rear wheels to the upper level. 

If you fail to heed these warnings, damage to your chair, a fall, tip-over or loss of 
control may occur and cause severe injury to the rider or others

Climbing Stairs

1.  Use at least two attendants to move a chair and rider up stairs. 
2.  Move the chair and rider BACKWARD up the stairs. 
3.  The person at the rear is in control. He or she tilts the chair back to its balance 

point. 

4.  A second attendant at the front firmly grasps a non-detachable part of the front 

frame and lifts the chair up and over one stair at a time. 

5.  The attendants move to the next stair up. Repeat for each stair, until you reach 

the landing. 

If you fail to heed these warnings, damage to your chair, a fall, tip-over or loss of 
control may occur and cause severe injury to the rider or others. 
 
Descending Stairs 

1.  Use at least two attendants to move a chair and rider down stairs. 

2. 

Move the chair and rider FORWARD down the stairs

3. 

The person at the rear is in control. He or she tilts the chair to the balance point 
of the rear wheels and rolls it to the edge of the top step.

4. 

A second attendant stands on the third step from the top and grasps the chair 

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