Chairs take the strain for UK’s obese

Evac+Chair International launched
two new products at this year’s
Safety and Health Expo 2011 at the
NEC in Birmingham.

The standard Evac+Chair 300H is
to be replaced with a new mark 4
edition which has a payload of
180kg, an increase of 30kg on the
earlier model.

The company has also developed
the 1-440, which has the capacity to
hold an individual weighing 200kg.

The new chair includes a foot rest
and is designed to have two people
to assist where necessary.

Mark Wallace, managing director
at Evac+Chair International, said:
“New product development for the
bariatric market is not confined to
the healthcare sector. With almost a
quarter of adults in England
classified as obese there is an
increasing need to provide health
and safety equipment which caters
for their needs.”