Chair Trolley
- 250kg capacity chair trolley with 69.5cm plate width for moving heavy hospital and care home day chairs without lifting, eliminating the high manual handling injury risk associated with carers dragging or carrying heavy institutional chairs across wards and care home dining and lounge areas under Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
- Eliminates the need to drag or tilt-and-push heavy day chairs across floor surfaces, with the trolley plate sliding under the chair legs to take the chair's weight onto the trolley frame, converting a high-risk back-injury drag into a low-effort wheeled movement that the carer controls without bending or lifting.
- Stands upright when not in use to minimise floor space occupation in ward and care home areas where space management is a practical operational consideration, with the upright storage position also reducing trip hazard risk from a trolley left flat on the floor between chair-moving tasks.
- Reduces back injury risk for hospital domestics, healthcare assistants and care home staff who routinely move heavy day chairs for cleaning, meal service setup and visitor accommodation, where the cumulative musculoskeletal load of multiple chair moves per shift represents a significant workplace injury risk under HSE manual handling guidance.
Chair Trolley: 250kg Capacity Wheeled Trolley for Safe Movement of Heavy Day Chairs
The Chair Trolley is a 250kg capacity wheeled device designed to enable hospital and care home staff to move heavy institutional day chairs without lifting or dragging, eliminating the high musculoskeletal injury risk associated with repeatedly moving heavy chairs across ward and care home floors for cleaning, meal service setup and room reconfiguration. The 69.5cm plate width accommodates standard hospital and care home day chair leg widths, with the trolley plate sliding under the chair legs to take the chair's weight onto the wheeled frame, converting a high-effort drag or tilt into a low-effort wheeled movement. The trolley stands upright when not in use, minimising floor space use and trip hazard risk between tasks.
Product Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Weight Limit | 250kg |
| Plate Width | 69.5cm |
| Suitable For | Standard hospital and care home day chairs |
| Storage | Stands upright when not in use |
| Function | Wheeled movement of chairs without lifting or dragging |
Regulatory and Clinical Compliance
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 and HSE manual handling guidance apply to the movement of heavy objects in the workplace, including institutional chairs in hospital and care home environments. A standard heavy hospital day chair can weigh 15-25kg, and moving multiple chairs per shift - for ward cleaning, meal service or room reconfiguration - represents a cumulative musculoskeletal loading that HSE identifies as a significant back injury risk for healthcare and domestic staff. The Chair Trolley converts chair movement from a manual drag or tilt-and-push task (high lumbar and shoulder load, awkward posture) to a wheeled push task (low load, upright posture), directly addressing the MHOR 1992 requirement to reduce manual handling risks to the lowest reasonably practicable level. The 250kg capacity means the trolley can also be used for stacked chairs, further reducing the number of individual chair-moving trips required per session.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the Chair Trolley work and how is the chair loaded onto it?
The Chair Trolley is manoeuvred to the chair to be moved with the trolley plate at floor level. The plate is slid under the chair legs from the side or front, with the chair legs sitting on the trolley plate surface. Once the chair legs are fully on the plate, the trolley frame takes the chair's weight and the chair can be wheeled to the new location with minimal pushing force. To unload, the trolley is manoeuvred to the destination position and the plate is slid back out from under the chair legs. The process requires no lifting at any stage and a single person can typically move one chair at a time using the trolley without assistance from a second person, making it a genuinely practical single-person tool for routine chair management tasks.
Can the Chair Trolley be used on carpet as well as hard floors?
The Chair Trolley is designed primarily for hard floor surfaces where the wheeled movement is low-effort. On carpeted surfaces, the wheel resistance increases and the force required to push the loaded trolley increases proportionally. On low-pile commercial carpet as found in many care home dining and lounge areas, the trolley can typically be used without significant difficulty for lighter chairs. On thick carpet, pushing force may increase substantially - assess the effort required on the specific carpet surface and patient weight combination during initial use, and if the force required exceeds comfortable single-person pushing capacity, use two people or select a route that uses hard floor surfaces where possible.
Part of our specialist Patient Moving and Handling Equipment range, supporting safe patient transfers across care homes, hospitals, and home care environments.
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- 250kg capacity chair trolley with 69.5cm plate width for moving heavy hospital and care home day chairs without lifting, eliminating the high manual handling injury risk associated with carers dragging or carrying heavy institutional chairs across wards and care home dining and lounge areas under Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
- Eliminates the need to drag or tilt-and-push heavy day chairs across floor surfaces, with the trolley plate sliding under the chair legs to take the chair's weight onto the trolley frame, converting a high-risk back-injury drag into a low-effort wheeled movement that the carer controls without bending or lifting.
- Stands upright when not in use to minimise floor space occupation in ward and care home areas where space management is a practical operational consideration, with the upright storage position also reducing trip hazard risk from a trolley left flat on the floor between chair-moving tasks.
- Reduces back injury risk for hospital domestics, healthcare assistants and care home staff who routinely move heavy day chairs for cleaning, meal service setup and visitor accommodation, where the cumulative musculoskeletal load of multiple chair moves per shift represents a significant workplace injury risk under HSE manual handling guidance.