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WARNING! Risk of injury and damage
• Footplates are designed to support your legs and feet from a seated position in the wheelchair;
NEVER stand on footplates when transferring in or out of the wheelchair
• Before operating your wheelchair, ALWAYS ensure footplates are in their full down position and your
feet are properly supported by the heel straps.
i)
F
LIP
-U
P
F
OOTPLATES
All individual legrests available from Motion Concepts
(including swing-away models)
provide a flip-up footplate
feature to provide leg and foot clearance when transferring to and from the front of the wheelchair. The foot-
plates can be manually raised/flipped-up so that they remain perpendicular to the ground as indicated below.
e.g.; Flip-up Footplate shown on the Heavy Duty Swing Away Legrest
5.5.4 Individual Footplates:
ii)
F
OOTPLATE
A
NGLE
A
DJUSTMENT
5.0
5.0
SEATING SYSTEM COMFORT ADJUSTMENTS
SEATING SYSTEM COMFORT ADJUSTMENTS
By loosening the clamping block, the entire footplate position (width) be adjusted in and out along the pivot
post (
1
). The footplate angle can also be adjusted via the set-screw on the inside of the footplate bracket.
Tightening or loosening the set screw will increase or decrease the footplate angle accordingly (
2
).
clamping
block
nylon set
screw
adjust set screw
depth to alter the
footplate angle
REAR VIEW
BOTTOM VIEW
1
2
Summary of Contents for F Series
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