Invacare Back Support manual Installing the Infinity Back, Removing the Infinity Back

PROCEDURE 3 INSTALLING/REMOVING THE INFINITY BACK

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This Procedure includes the following:

Installing/Removing the Infinity Back

INSTALLING/REMOVING THE INFINITY BACK (FIGURE 1)

NOTE: Refer to the INSTALLATION AND STABILITY WARNINGS in the SAFETY SUMMARY of this manual.

Installing the Infinity Back

1.Ensurethefour(4)caneclampsaresecurelyinstalledon the wheelchair frame. Refer to INSTALLING/REMOV- INGCANECLAMPSinPROCEDURE1ofthismanual.

2.Ifnecessary,adjustthemounting hardware tofittheback canes. Refer to ADJUSTING THE MOUNTING HARDWARE in PROCEDURE 2 of this manual.

3.Position the lower mounting pins between the lower (fixed) cane clamp flanges and the back canes. The mounting pins should be aligned with the groove in the flange as shown in FIGURE 1.

4.Ensure the upper mounting pins are positioned on top of the upper (swivel) cane clamps.

5.Twist the clamp locks on the upper (swivel) cane clamps to the open position shown in FIGURE 1.

NOTE: Opening the clamp locks will cause the mounting pins to slide down into the upper (swivel) cane clamps.

7.Ensure all cushions and lateral supports have been in- stalled. Refer to PROCEDURE 2 - PREPARING THE INFINITY BACK FOR INSTALLATION in this manual.

8.Positiontheuserintothewheelchairtodeterminewhich adjustments need to be made to properly fit the Infinity Back. Refer to the wheelchair owner's manual.

9.Removetheuserfromthewheelchair.Refertothewheel- chair owner's manual.

10.Perform the following procedures to adjust the Infin- ity Back to fit the wheelchair and the user if neces- sary. Refer to PROCEDURE 4 - ADJUSTING THE INFINITY BACK in this manual.

A.ADJUSTING THE HINGE/ANGLE (DUALFLEX ONLY)

B.ADJUSTING THE DEPTH HARDWARE

C.ADJUSTING THE LATERAL SUPPORTS

NOTE: Perform the above procedures in the order listed.

11.Inspect all mounting screws to ensure ALL hardware has been tightened securely. Torque to 45-50 in./lbs.

12.Position the user in the wheelchair. Refer to the wheel- chair owner's manual.

13.Visually inspect the user, the back and the wheelchair to ensure all adjustments have been properly made.

14.Ifnecessary,repeat STEPS 9-13until the user is com- fortable.

6.Ensure the clamps locks on the upper (swivel) cane clamps are in the closed position shown in FIGURE 1. If necessary, close the clamp locks.

NOTE: It may be necessary to adjust the cane clamp height. Refer to ADJUSTING CANE CLAMP HEIGHT in PROCEDURE 4 of this manual.

Removing the Infinity Back

NOTE: The wheelchair should be unoccupied for this pro- cedure.

1.Twist the upper (swivel) cane clamp locks in the open position to release the upper mounting pins (FIGURE 1).

2.LifttheInfinityBackupwardstoremovethelowermount- ing pins from the lower (fixed) cane clamps.

			UPPER
	Back		(SWIVEL)
Upper			CANE
	Cane
			CLAMP
(Swivel)	Clamp
Cane
	Lock		Clamp Lock in
Clamp
	Mounting		OPEN Position
	Pin
	Mounting
Groove	Pin
Flange	Back	Installed DualFlex
	Cane		Clamp Lock in
		Infinity Back		TOP
	Lower (Fixed)		CLOSED
	Cane Clamp	(UNIBACK NOT	Position	VIEW
		SHOWN)

FIGURE 1 - INSTALLING/REMOVING THE INFINITY BACK

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