A user-friendly securement device must be able to restrain force as follows:
A user-friendly securement device and its attachments used on a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 30,000 pounds or more must withstand a force in a forward longitudinal direction of up to 2,000 pounds per securement leg or clamping mechanism and a minimum of 4,000 pounds total for each wheelchair.
A user-friendly securement device and its attachments used on a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of over 15,000 pounds but less than 30,000 pounds must withstand a force in a forward longitudinal direction of up to 2,500 pounds per securement leg or clamping mechanism and a minimum of 5,000 pounds total for each wheelchair.
16 SR 2246
May 13, 1997
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes