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by Asbostos 3899 days ago
It probably won't be a problem because people sometimes walk like that one stairs too (at least I do!). For walking the loads would be higher because they're concentrated on one foot on one edge of one step. The failure mode of the carpet pulling away is interesting though! A walking person might just fall onto the next step while this wheelchair looks like it could keep popping the carpet out step by step as it falls all the way down.