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8. Install seat cushion ensuring proper location.
9. Proceed to section titled “Fitting the Corbac.”
Install Corbac over existing sling back upholstery
1. Leave existing sling back upholstery in place on wheelchair.
2. Install the Corbac adjustable mount.
a. Remove the Corbac adjustable mount from the cardboard packaging. Do not
unfold.
b. Locate the large pocket underneath the adjustment straps.
c. Slide the Corbac adjustable mount over the wheelchair’s sling back upholstery.
Ensure the existing sling upholstery is inserted into the large pocket. (You may need to
slightly loosen the straps.)
d. Tighten straps lightly. On some rigid model wheelchairs, the bottom strap(s) may be
located below the rigidizer bar.
4. Pull down and attach privacy flap to seat sling allowing sufficient slack for a seat
cushion to be placed against the back canes.
5. Install seat cushion ensuring proper location.
6. Proceed to section titled “Fitting the Corbac.”
Fitting the Corbac
1. Transfer onto wheelchair.
2. Adjust straps on mount for optimal balance and trunk alignment (Illustration 8).
3. Adjust thoraco-lumbar-pelvic (TLP) supports (Illustration 9).
a. Lean forward and place TLP supports (tips pointing inward) against your trunk at
desired location in the lumbar-sacral region.
b. Lean back to attach wedges to the front surface of the adjustable mount via the
hook and loop fastener.
c. The TLP supports can be moved up/down, in/out, and rotated. In some instances,
they may extend beyond the width of the wheelchair frame and can be trimmed.
d. Continue to make adjustments to the TLP supports until the desired posture and
comfort is achieved.
4. Install the spacer mesh overlay (Illustration 10).
a. Lean forward and pull the spacer mesh overlay over the adjustable mount and TLP
supports.
b. Attach the hook fastener at the inside bottom/front of overlay to the loop fastener
on the front of the adjustable mount.
c. Lean back and attach the four loop fastener straps of the overlay to the back of the
adjustable mount straps.
d. Pull the spacer mesh overlay back flap over the adjustable mount’s straps. Loop
fastener strips on the back flap will affix to the back side of the adjustable mount
straps.
e. Readjustment of TLP supports may be necessary once overlay is in place. Simply
remove overlay, adjust position of the TLP supports, and re-install the overlay.
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