AS 3693—1989

ISO 6440-1985

Australian Standard
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Wheelchairs—Nomenclature, terms
and definitions
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee ME/67, Mobility Appliances for
People with Disabilities. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards
Australia on 27 February 1989 and published on 12 May 1989.

The following interests are represented on Committee ME/67:

ACROD
Attorney-General’s Department—Federal Bureau of Consumer Affairs
Australian Association of Occupational Therapists
Canberra College of Advanced Education
Commercial Vehicle Industry Association of Australia
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Commonwealth Department of Veteran Affairs

Confederation of Australian Industry
Crippled Childrens Association of South Australia
Department of Health, N.S.W.
Department of Health, Qld
Department of Industrial Relations and Employment, N.S.W.
Department of the Premier and Cabinet, S.A.
Disability Advisory Council of Australia
Disability Peoples’ International (Australia)
Electronics Association of South Australia
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries
Health Department, Vic.
Institution of Engineers, Australia
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia
National Committee Independent Living Centres
Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association of Victoria
Royal Perth Hospital
Royal South Sydney Hospital
Technical Aid to the Disabled
University of Adelaide
University of Melbourne

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 AS 3693—1989

Australian Standard
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Wheelchairs—Nomenclature, terms
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First published as AS 3693—1989.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 5627 7
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Mobility

Appliances for People with Disabilities. It is identical with and has been
reproduced from ISO 6440-1985, Wheelchairs—Nomenclature, terms and
definitions.
For the purposes of this Australian Standard, the ISO text should be modified
as follows:
(a) Clause 2
(i) Delete ‘ISO 7176/7, Wheelchairs—Part 7: Determination of seating
dimensions—Definitions and measuring methods’, and footnote.
(ii) Delete ‘ISO 7193, Wheelchairs—Maximum overall dimensions’.
(b) Clauses 3.5.1 to 3.5.6. Delete footnote.
(c) Clauses 3.5.7 to 3.5.11. Footnote. Delete ‘and ISO 7193’.
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(d) Cross reference. The cross-reference to ISO 7176/5, Wheelchairs—Part 5:

Determination of overall dimensions, mass and turning space should be
replaced by reference to AS 3696, Wheelchairs—Part 5: Overall
dimensions, mass and turning space.

CONTENTS
Page
1 SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Wheelchairs — Nomenclature, terms and definitions

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1 Scope and field of application Parts and variations are defined and illustrated as follows

This International Standard defines the basic elements of

wheelchairs (manual, electric and any others) and gives
terms and definitions for these elements in an illustrated
glossary. It also illustrates the dimensions commonly used
to describe wheelchair physical characteristics.

Wheelchairs can be equipped with many accessories and

the list given in this International Standard is not
exhaustive.

2 References
ISO 7176/5, Wheelchairs — Part 5: Determination of
overall dimensions, mass and turning space.

ISO 7176/7, Wheelchairs — Part 7: Determination of

seating dimensions — Definitions and measuring
methods. 1)
Accessories are defined and illustrated in 3.1.5.
ISO 7193, Wheelchairs — Maximum overall dimensions.

3.1.0 Body support variations

3 Definitions 3.1.0.1 body support system with adjustable angle :

3.0 basic elements of the wheelchair : The wheelchair

comprises

— body support system

— driving system

— wheels

— frame

3.1 body support system : Those parts of the

wheelchair which directly support or contain the body of
the user.

1) At present at the stage of draft.

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