Ki Mobility 5 TTL, User Instruction Manual & Warranty

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U. Anti ‐ Tips (Optional)
Anti ‐ tip tubes help prevent your wheelchair from tipping over backwards. When
adjusted properly they provide a significant increase in rearward stability. Your
stability can be affected by traversing uneven ground, a ramp, slope or other
surface that changes your relationship to gravity. Your stability can also be
affected by other forces acting on you and your wheelchair such as someone
pushing down or leaning on your push handles or other parts of your chair.
This can happen to even the most experienced wheelchair user. People in your
environment do not necessarily understand they are impacting your stability.
Ki Mobility strongly recommends the use of Anti ‐ Tip tubes!
V. SET UP & USE OF YOUR WHEELCHAIR
Anti ‐ tips must be used at all times. Whether traversing uneven ground or
sitting in a crowded room, the unexpected may occur and your weight can
dramatically shift causing a fall which could cause serious injury or death.
1. Installing Anti ‐ Tips (Fig. 24)

Compress the 2nd detent button on the anti ‐ tip tube
so the front detent button is drawn inside.

Insert the anti ‐ tip tube into receiver mounted on the
side frame.

Rotate the anti ‐ tip tube downward until the small wheels
are adjacent to the floor. The detent button should now
be aligned with a hole on the receiver. Release the
detent button and it will engage with the receiver.

Insert second anti ‐ tip tube the same way.
2. Adjusting Position of Anti ‐ Tip Receiver (Fig. 25)
You should only need to adjust your Anti ‐ Tip Receiver if you change your the
chair. If you make changes that require you to adjust the position of your
receiver, follow these steps:

Remove bolts that connect the anti ‐ tip tube receiver
to the side frame of your chair.
 The holes are in 1” increments so you can move it
farther up on the frame or lower on the frame. Place
the bracket at the desired height.

Reinsert bolts and tighten. (If the bolts also
connected the armrest and the axle plate you may
need to contact your supplier for additional hardware.)

Repeat with second anti ‐ tip tube receiver. Both
brackets should be at exactly the same height.

Replace anti ‐ tip tubes as instructed above.
Fig. 24
Fig. 25
DANGER: Failure to read and heed these instructions may result in damage to
your wheelchair, a fall or loss of control causing severe injury to the user or
others.
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U. Anti ‐ Tips (Continued)
3. Adjusting Height of Wheel Extension (Fig. 26)
The anti ‐ tip tube wheel extension may need to be
raised or lowered to achieve the proper clearance of
1 1/2" to 2" above the ground.
a) Compress the detent buttons until they are
inside the tube wall. This will allow the outer
tube to slide up and down on the inner tube.
b) Slide the Extension tube up or down until
you achieve the desired height.
c) Release the buttons.
d) Adjust the second wheel extension the same
way. Both wheels should be at exactly the
same height.
4. Turning Anti ‐ Tip Tubes Up (Fig. 27)
You may find it necessary to turn the anti ‐ tip
tubes up when being pushed by an attendant, to
climb curbs or overcome obstacles.
a) Compress the 2nd detent button on the anti ‐
tip tube so the front detent button is drawn
inside.
b) Hold the button in and turn the anti ‐ tip tube up.
c) Release the button.
d) Repeat with second anti ‐ tip tube.
e) Return the anti ‐ tip tubes down to their safe
position as soon as possible.
Fig. 26
Fig. 27
V. SET UP & USE OF YOUR WHEELCHAIR