Sunrise Medical POWERTEC F50, Owner'S Manual

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9 Issue 4
Preparing your wheelchair for use
Fitting the seat frame
To fit the seat frame to a fully
assembled powerbase, locate the
rear seat lugs into the two outer
grooves on the seat location bar
(Fig. 4). Lower seat to position the
seat stem into the receiving collar
(Fig. 5).
Ensuring that seat is supported,
fold down finger lever and pull
outwards against the spring loaded
pin allowing the adjustable seat
stem to locate in the receiving
collar at a required height. Release
the finger lever to lock the pin into
one of the holes provided in the
seat stem. Fold up the finger lever
to lock the position of the pin
(Fig. 6).
Fig. 6
Fig. 5
Fig. 4
Location bar
Seat
lugs
Finger lever
(unlocked
position)
Finger lever
(locked position)
Warning
The chair seat is not locked
when the finger bar is in the
lower position. If this occurs,
check for alignment of the
locking pin with the appropriate
hole in seat stem. The seat
stem is only locked when the
finger bar is in the upper
position as Fig. 6.