Quantum 1420, Basic Operation Instructions

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Introduction
MANDATORY! The following information pertains to power chairs equipped with
a factory-installed Pride Transit Securement Package. Read this information in
its entirety before use in a motor vehicle. If you have any questions about this
information or about using your power chair as a seat in a motor vehicle, contact
your authorised Pride Dealer/Quantum Dealer.
The Pride Transit Securement Package conforms with the standard of ISO 7176-19 for the purpose
of enabling power chairs to be secured in certain types of motor vehicles. The Transit Securement
Package, including manufacturer-installed front and rear securement brackets, has been crash
tested in accordance with ISO 7176-19, Frontal Impact Test, with a 76.2-kg (168-lb.) surrogate occupant
corresponding to a user weight range of 52.16–95.25 kg (115–210 lbs.).
Notwithstanding this standard and testing conformance, many government transportation agencies,
at the time of publication, have not approved any securement system of an occupied power chair in
a motor vehicle. Therefore, it is the position of Pride Mobility Products that the Transit Securement
Package should only be utilised to secure an occupied power chair being transported in a motor vehicle
at the user’s discretion and in accordance with ISO 7176-19 standards, which are intended to increase
safety, but do not suggest that compliance with the standards will necessarily prevent serious injury or
death of a secured power chair occupant during motor vehicle transport.
In accordance with ISO 7176-19 standards, the power chair user should transfer into the vehicle seat
and use the vehicle-installed belt restraint system if and whenever feasible. The Transit Securement
Package is only available when factory-installed on new power chairs, and cannot be retrofi tted on
existing power chairs or serviced in the fi eld.
PROHIBITED! Do not modify your power chair in any way not authorised by Pride/
Quantum. Do not make alterations or substitutions to power chair structural parts
or frame components without consulting Pride/Quantum
.