Motion Composites Helio A6, User Manual

ANCHORAGES – FOLDING WHEELCHAIRS | USER MANUAL

NOTE: If you ignore these warnings or fail to inspect or maintain your wheelchair as directed in the manual, you may fall, tip over or lose control of the wheelchair and seriously injure yourself or others and damage the 

wheelchair.

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WARNING 

A wheelchair compliant to the RESNA WC-

4:2017, Section 19 or ISO 7176-19:2019 

standard must have both labels as shown 

above. If any of these two pictograms are 

not on the wheelchair, it cannot be consid-

ered as compliant to the standard.

WARNING LABEL

WARNING 

Indicates a potentially hazardous condition/situation. 

Failure to follow designated procedures can cause either 

personal injury, component damage, or malfunction. 

MANDATORY LABEL 

MANDATORY 

These actions should be performed as specified.  

Failure to perform mandatory actions can cause personal 

injury and/or equipment damage. 

PROHIBITED LABEL

PROHIBITION 

These actions are prohibited. These actions should not be 

performed at any time or in any circumstances. Perform-

ing a prohibited action can cause personal injury and/or 

equipment damage. 

IMPORTANT LABEL

IMPORTANT 

Indicates important information to remember when using 

this product.

3. DEFINITION

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ANSI 

American National Standards Institute

RESNA

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of 

North America

OCCUPIED TRANSIT ANCHOR KIT

A wheelchair-mounted kit that allows the wheelchair to be an-

chored in a motor vehicle.  

Motion Composites' occupied transit anchor kit options consist 

of four mounting brackets factory-installed on the wheelchair. In 

some markets, the kits may be offered with an optional wheelchair 

anchored pelvic safety belt. Always use this optional belt with the 

vehicle anchored chest safety belt. If this option is not present, 

always use the vehicle anchored three-point safety belt. NEVER rely 

on a positioning belt during occupied transit. Only use the designat-

ed anchor points to secure the wheelchair to the vehicle.

WHEELCHAIR TIEDOWN AND OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS 

(WTORS)

Equipments installed in a motor vehicle that allows a wheelchair 

and/or its occupant in the wheelchair to be anchored in the motor 

vehicle to restrict the movement of the occupant in case of a motor 

vehicle accident. The equipment consists of a system or device for 

securing the wheelchair and a belt-type restraint. Motion Compos-

ites occupied transit anchor kits are compatible only with four-point 

strap-type tiedown systems.

ANCHOR POINTS 

Specific structural points on the wheelchair base or seat frame that 

are designed for attachment of a WTORS. These anchor points are 

indicated by anchor points labels.

4.  PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES

The wheelchair user should always transfer into the vehicle seat 

and use the motor vehicle installed restraint system whenever 

feasible. The wheelchair should then be stored and secured in the 

vehicle. If the user deems it necessary to make a transit while occu-

pying the wheelchair, the vehicle must be equipped with wheel-

chair tiedown and occupant restraint systems (WTORS) previously 

installed, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, and in 

compliance with RESNA WC-4:2017, Section 19 or ISO 7176-19:2019 

standard. The wheelchair must be equipped with the occupied tran-

sit anchor kit, in accordance with RESNA WC-4:2017, Section 19 or 

ISO 7176-19:2019 standard. It is essential to use a complete WTORS 

four-point strap-type tiedown and occupant restraint kit to secure 

the wheelchair to the vehicle and provide the wheelchair occupant 

with a safe and an approved restraint system.
The wheelchair tiedown and occupant restraint systems (WTORS) 

must be used to protect the wheelchair occupant and minimize the 

risk of injury due to contact with the vehicle during a collision or 

sudden braking.

5.  SECURING THE WHEELCHAIR

NOTE: In addition to following the general guidelines below, make 

sure you follow all recommendations and instructions provided by 

the WTORS manufacturer.

Always secure the wheelchair and occupant in a forward-facing 

position in the vehicle.
Secure the four strap-type tiedowns only at the designated anchor 

points. These occupied transit anchor points are indicated by an-

chor symbols on the wheelchair. 

See figure 1and 2.

Figure 2

   Anchor 

Points

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Figure 1. Anchor Points Location

FRONT OF VEHICLE