IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The best way to avoid problems related to pressure sores is to understand their causes and your role in a skin management program.
Your therapist and physician should be consulted if you have questions regarding individual limitations and needs.
All seats and/or backs should be selected carefully. Working with your therapist, and physician is the best way to assure that a seat choice matches your individual needs.
As the needs of the individual become more complex, the seat evaluation becomes more important.
INSTALLATION INFORMATION:
Before you install the On Chair Mounting Kit, determine where the ContourU back cushion must be placed in relation to the seat cushion. Find the appropriate recline angle and seat depth, and estimate where the clamps will be mounted. Remove any obstacles on the wheel- chair back canes and seat rails that might interfere with installation.
The adjustable mounting brackets can be placed in different configurations. It is important to determine first where the ContourU seating system will be placed in relation to the wheelchair frame.
To maintain the original center of gravity (CG) of the wheelchair user, the ContourU back will normally be placed between or behind the back uprights.
INSTALLATION OF THE ON CHAIR MOUNTING KIT BACK MOUNTING HARDWARE (FIGURE 1)
NOTE: Refer to GENERAL and INSTALLATION WARNINGS in the SAFETY SUMMARY in this instruction sheet.
NOTE: The wheelchair hardware consists of two (2) fixed release clamps and two (2 twist release clamps. The wheelchair hardware must be mounted facing forward (in front of the canes) with the twist release clamps at the top and the fixed release clamps at the bottom.
NOTE: The back mounting brackets should be placed on the back cane without interfering with other wheelchair parts or accessories.
1.Install the four (4) L brackets to the ContourU back. Refer to INSTALLING THE BACK L BRACKETS in this procedure of the instruction sheet.
2.Install the J brackets onto the L brackets. Refer to INSTALLING/ADJUSTING THE BACK J BRACKETS in this instruction sheet.
3.Position the back onto the back canes in the desired location.
4.On the back cane, mark the bottom edge of the two (2) lower J brackets and the top edge of the two (2) upper J brackets as shown in DETAIL "A" of FIGURE 1.
5.Remove the mounting screw, washer, lock washer, and internal threaded mounting screw from one of the fixed release clamps.
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