© Ferno-Washington, Inc. 234-3413-00 June 2009
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Mini Cot
Using the Features
Figure 5 - Safety-Lock Lever
4.2 Safety Lock
The safety lock is engaged by default. This prevents
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the cot legs from folding.
The safety lock must be manually disengaged in order
to operate the leg-control handles, which allow the cot
legs to fold as the cot is loaded into a vehicle.)
The safety lock lever is located on the operator's right
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side on the main frame of the cot (Figure 5).
To disengage the safety lock:
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Press the safety-lock
lever IN as instructed on the lever label. For proper
use of the safety lock , see
complete instructions in
Transferring the Body
onto the Cot
, page 11, and
Loading the Cot,
pages 13 and 14.
Important
A disengaged safety lock can allow the cot legs to fold
unexpectedly. When unloading the cot from a vehicle,
confirm that the safety lock is engaged before rolling
the cot loading wheels off the vehicle floor.
4.3 Leg-Control handles
The front and rear legs of the Mini Cot have separate
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control handles. Squeezing the front- or rear-leg control
handle at the correct point in the loading procedure
allows the cot legs to fold independently and in the
proper sequence while the cot is being loaded into a
vehicle.
The leg-control handles are located at the operator end
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of the cot (Figure 6).
Labels on the leg-control
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handles remind operators that
squeezing the right-hand control
handle allows the front legs to
fold, and squeezing the left-
hand control handle allows the
rear legs to fold. For complete
loading instructions, see
Loading the Cot,
pages 13
and 14.
Figure 6 - Control Handles
Rear-Leg
Control Handle
Front-Leg
Control Handle
Rear-Leg
Control Label
Front-Leg
Control Label
WarNING
Squeezing the control handles while UNLoaDING
the cot will prevent the legs from locking and will
allow the cot to fold. Grasp only the cot main frame,
not the handles, while unloading the cot.
Safety-Lock
Lever
The safety lock must be disengaged in order to operate
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the control handles.
See Loading the Cot
, pages 13
and 14, for complete loading instructions.
Do
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not
squeeze the leg-control handles while
unloading
the cot. Squeezing a control handle
during the unloading procedure will prevent the legs
controlled by that handle from locking into position,
which could cause the cot to fold unexpectedly.
