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Health & Safety

1.04

Fitting the Chair

The 3 point harness HandySitt is suitable to seat children from when they can sit up unaided (at approximately 6 months), to when they can sit comfortably on a chair by themselves. Tested for users up to 40kg (roughly 6 stone) suitable for children up to the age of 5 years and beyond. Chairs with backs higher than 45cm are not compatible as they would be over the length that the arm extends to. However if the chair back has a ladder type of back you may be able to fit it to a lower bar and not have to use the top of the chair back. There is no way you will be able to use the handysitt on a chair that is narrower than 30cm as there is not enough room to safely rest the hooks onto the chair back. It is unlikely that the hooks will have enough of a purchase for safe fitting to thick upholstered chairs with backs thicker than 5cm.

The photographs below are examples of suitable and unsuitable chairs.

Left = Back height of 55cm and no ladder back that could provide an alternative fitting bar. Middle = Back height less than 45cm and wider than 30cm. Right = Thick upholstered back over 5cm and back width less than 30cm.

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55cm

X Unsuitable

X Unsuitable

Suitable

Step 1. Place the HandySitt face down. Turn both arm bolts one turn anti-clockwise to release arms, allowing them to slide freely.

Safety Assurance March 2016

H & S Training 1.04