BREEZY 90
9
Rev.F
ENGLISH
ENGLISH
Handling
FOLDING UP
First remove the seat cushion and
the back seat shell from the
wheelchair and flip up the (platform)
footplate or the individual footrests.
Take hold of the sling or the seat
tubes in the middle, from the back
and pull upwards. The wheelchair will
then fold up. To fold your wheelchair
so that it is as small as possible, e.g.,
to put into a car, you can remove the
footrests (depending on the model).
For this purpose, open the latch from
the outside and swing the footrest to
the side. Then the footrest only has
to be drawn out of the receiver tube
(Fig. 1).
UNFOLDING
Press down firmly on the seat tube.
Your wheelchair is then unfolded.
Be careful not to get your fingers
caught in the cross-tube assembly
.
Refit the seat cushionl (Fig. 2).
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
GETTING INTO YOUR WHEELCHAIR
INDEPENDENTLY (FIG. 3)
• The wheelchair should be pushed up against
a wall or solid piece of furniture;
• The brakes should be on;
• The footplates should be hinged up;
• The user can then lower himself into the chair;
• The footplates should then be pushed down
and the feet rested on them in front of the heel
loops.
GETTING OUT OF YOUR WHEELCHAIR
INDEPENDENTLY (FIG. 4)
• The brakes should be on;
• The hinged footplates should be hinged up;
• With one hand on each armrest, the person
should bend slightly forward to bring the body
weight to the front of the seat, and with both
feet firmly on the ground, one foot well back,
push up into the upright position.
WARNING!
When standing, do not stand on the footplates or the wheelchair will
tip up. It is easier and safer to get into your wheel chair if you turn
the footplates up and out of the way or take them off the wheelchair.
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Options - Brakes
WHEEL LOCKS
Your wheelchair is equipped with two
wheel locks. They are applied
directly against the tyres. To engage,
press both brake levers forward
against the stops. To release the
locks, pull the levers back to their
original positions.
Braking power will decrease with:
• Worn tyre tread
• Tyre pressure that is too low
• Wet tyres
• Improperly adjusted wheel locks
The wheel locks have not been
designed to be used as brakes for a
moving wheelchair. The wheel locks
should therefore never be used to
brake a moving wheelchair. Always
use the hand-rims for braking. Make
sure that the gap between the tyres
and wheel locks complies with given
specifications. To readjust, loosen the screw and set the
appropriate gap. Then re-tighten the screw (Fig. 6 + 7).
CAUTION!
•
After each adjustment of the rear wheels, check the wheel lock
gap and re-adjust if necessary.
•
Mounting the wheel lock too close towards the wheel will
result in a higher effort to operate. This might cause the
brake lever to break!
•
Leaning onto the brake lever while transferring will cause
the lever to break! Splashing water from tyres might
cause the wheel lock to malfunction..
Fig. 6
Options - Step Tubes
STEP TUBES
(FIG.5)
Step tubes are used by attendants to
tip a wheelchair over an obstacle.
Simply step on the tube to push a
wheel chair, for example, over a kerb
or step.
NOTE:
Sunrise Medical strongly
reccommends the use of a step tube
on any model where attendant use is
the predominant intended use.
Damage to the backposts may occur
if you constantly use the backpost without a step tube, as a lever to
pull back on to tip the wheelchair, in order to overcome obstacles.
Fig.5
Fig. 7
16mm
16mm
Transportability
WARNING
•
The wheelchair must not be used as a seat in a vehicle.
•
Transfer to the vehicle seating and use the restraints fitted to
that vehicle.
Refer to the vehicle Owner’s Handbook for full instructions.
Options - Side Guard
STANDARD SIDE GUARDS,
FLIP-UP ARMRESTS
The side guard with rounded off front
edges will allow you to get up close
to a table, (Fig.8).
To flip the armrest up, push the lever
(1), so that the side guard is
released
WARNING!
Neither the side guards nor the
armrests are to be used for lifting or carrying the wheelchair.
Fig. 8
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