Transport Wheel Chairs

Transport Wheelchairs- Wheelchairs that can only be pushed by another person, having all four wheels of equal size, usually approximately 8 inches in diameter, instead of two large wheels in the rear (usually approximately 22–24 inches) and two small 8-inch wheels in the front.

 

Transport wheel chairs are the only wheelchairs that are not meant for people who really need wheelchairs. They are used by hospitals and caregivers to transport patients from one area to another. What choices do hospitals and caregivers have when they want to buy a transport wheel chair?

 

One transport wheel chair that they can buy comes from the wheel chair manufacturer called Invacare. Invacare says that it is designed for safe and efficient patient transport. It is a compact, durable and lightweight transport wheel chair. The upholstery can resist flame, mildew, UV light, bacteria and the cold. It has heavy duty liners that keep seat and back from stretching. You should not have to fix it much since it has welded castor forks.

Another transport wheel chair that you can buy is the Nova lightweight colored Comet transport wheel chair. It certainly is lightweight at only 22 pounds. The color comes from red or blue metallic finish. It has 8” castors with front casters with fixed full-length arms. The weight capacity is 275 pounds and it has a lifetime warranty. Allegro Medical says that it is one of their best transport wheel chairs.
Another transport wheelchair that a hospital or a caregiver could is an Easy Care 1000 transport wheelchair. It is another compact, lightweight transport wheel chair with a steel or aluminum frame. The back folds so it is easy to store and transport. This transport wheel chair comes with full-length arms and a nylon seat belt.

Another transport wheelchair is Invacare’s lightweight folding wheel chair. It weighs only 22.5 pounds. The company will ship it for free and it comes with adjustable casters. It has spoke wheels and pneumatic tires. The seat can be easily adjusted for height.
The Lifecare Deluxe Lightweight transporter is another transport wheel chair that a hospital could buy. It weighs about 23 pounds. It has dual wheel locks and can be easily folded to fit in most car trunks. The seat belt can also be used to carry it and the armrests can swing back to easily transfer a person from chair to bed.

Lifecare designs another transport wheel chair and they call it the foldable light weight transport. It is indeed easily foldable and can be easily fit into the carrying bag that comes with this transport wheel chair. The bag can then be put in most car trunks. It has padded swing armrests for good comfort and rest. There is a seat belt included with this wheel chair.
LMA designs a transport wheel chair that they call a heavy duty transport chair. The best feature of this transport wheel chair can be converted into a regular wheel chair if the owner of the wheel chair desires. It can be converted with a set of 24” wheels. The transport wheel chair already comes with a set of 12” It has swing away foot rests that comes with large foot plates. It has 22 inch seat that can up to 450 pounds.

These transport wheel chairs go from a low of 89 dollars for the transport wheelchair to a high of 1,100 dollars for the Invacare lightweight transport wheelchair.

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