This standard specifies the terms and model naming principle of manual wheelchairs as well as surface and shape requirements, assembly requirements, performance requirements, strength requirement and corresponding test methods and inspection rules of wheelchairs. This standard also specifies the requirements of documents and information release, labeling and packaging.
This standard is applicable to manual wheelchairs used indoors or outdoor by the handicapped whose mass is less than or equal to 100 kg, including wheelchairs and vehicles classified according to GB/T16432-2000:
Manual wheelchairs operated by carers 12 21 03
Bimanual rear-wheel-driven wheelehairs 12 21 06
Bimanual front-wheel-driven wheelehairs 12 21 09
Bimanual lever-driven wheelchairs 12 21 12
Single-side-driven non-powered wheelchairs (single hand or single leg) 12 21 15
Foot-driven wheelchairs 12 21 18
This standard is not applicable to sports and dance wheelchairs used by the handicapped.
2 Normative References
The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this standard, constitute provisions of this standard. For dated reference, subsequent amendments to (excluding correction to), or revisions of, any of these publications do not apply. However, the parties reaching agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies
GB/T 13800-2009 The following standards are cited：
