User manual of Tilty
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13 Leg supports
13.1
To your child’s seating convenience, it is most important that its feet are resting on
the leg supports in a relaxed manner. On leg supports that are not properly adjusted,
your child’s knees may fall outwards (due to unsufficient support underneath the
thighs). And unpleasant congestions may occur in the thighs as the leg supports are
too far below.
Do not take an unnecessary risk and have the following adjustments carried out only
by your experienced orthopaedist.
Advice for your orthopaedic mechanic engineer:
Tilty’s leg supports may be adjusted in height in several steps. Hence, the wheelchair
may be adjusted exactly to the needed length not only of the thigh but also of the
lower leg.
For adjusting the depth, unscrew the screw underneath the
seat, get the leg support/s in the required position and re-
tighten the screw.
For adjusting the height, unscrew the screw on the leg
support’s backside at the corresponding joint support and
get the footrest in the required position.
Please keep in mind that the foot rest/s may not bump into
the front wheels! When changing of direction, the front
wheels must always rotate and swing free underneath, i.e.
behind the foot rest, i.e. behind the leg support fitment,
otherwise you may hurt somebody or even have an
accident!
Finally, do not forget to re-tighten all screws and keep in
mind that self-locking nuts with a nylon-inset may be used
only a few times and must then be replaced or else they
will no longer serve their purpose in a reliable way!
13.2 Leg support/s to swing up (as option)
For swinging up the leg support/s, first of all loosen the attaching bolts on the notch-
hinge with the hook, get the leg support/s in the required position and re-lock the
bolts. Please make sure that the bolts really are firmly interlocked.
Length correction can be attained by just loosening the clamping levers on the leg
supports’ tube, then get the footrest in the new position and re-lock the clamping
levers. If equipped with divided leg supports, proceed in the analogous way.
