US0208-INS-LAB-RevB09 • Patriot Homecare Bed 2

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CONTENTS
1 SAFETY ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
WARNING / CAUTION SUMMARY ..............................................................................................................................................3
2 INTRODUCTION, PATRIOT HOMECARE BED USER MANUAL ....................................................................................................4
THERMAL MOTOR PROTECTION ..............................................................................................................................................4
GRAVITY-DOWN FEATURE FOR HEAD AND KNEE ELEVATION ............................................................................................4
3 ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
HEAD AND FOOT ASSEMBLY ....................................................................................................................................................5
MOTOR ASSEMBLY ....................................................................................................................................................................6
REMOVE MOTOR SLIDE CAPS ..........................................................................................................................................6
INSTALL MOTORS ...............................................................................................................................................................6
INSTALL MOTOR SLIDE CAPS ...........................................................................................................................................7
MOTOR ASSEMBLY TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................................................................................7
FULL-ELECTRIC BED ONLY (US0458/US0458PL): CASTER POSITION ................................................................................7
STANDARD (CONVENTIONAL) BED HEIGHT ....................................................................................................................7
LOW BED HEIGHT ...............................................................................................................................................................7
BED END ASSEMBLY .................................................................................................................................................................8
FULL-ELECTRIC BED ONLY (US0458/US0458PL): LOCK MOTOR SPRING COUPLING ...............................................8
ALL BED MODELS: ASSEMBLE BED ENDS .....................................................................................................................8
FULL-ELECTRIC BED ONLY (US0458/US0458PL): ALIGN MOTOR AND GEARBOX .....................................................9
ALL MODELS: ASSEMBLE HEAD BED END .....................................................................................................................9
HI/LO ROD ASSEMBLY / BED LENGTH ...................................................................................................................................10
SEMI-ELECTRIC BED ONLY (US0208/US0208PL): ASSEMBLE HI/LO ROD .................................................................10
FULL-ELECTRIC BED ONLY (US0458/US0458PL): ASSEMBLE HI/LO ROD .................................................................10
ALL MODELS: ATTACH HI/LO ROD TO GEARBOX OR MOTOR SHAFT PINS ..............................................................11
4 BED OPERATION .............................................................................................................................................................................. 12
PENDANT HAND CONTROL OPERATION ..............................................................................................................................12
FULL-ELECTRIC BED ONLY (US0458/US0458PL) ..........................................................................................................12
SEMI-ELECTRIC BED ONLY (US0208/US0208PL) ...........................................................................................................12
CRANK OPERATION: SEMI-ELECTRIC BED ONLY (US0208/US0208PL) .............................................................................13
TRENDELENBURG POSITION, ALL MODELS ........................................................................................................................13
REVERSE TRENDELENBURG POSITION, ALL MODELS ......................................................................................................13
5 SPECIFICATIONS, ALL MODELS ....................................................................................................................................................14
6 ACCESSORIES: BED RAILS ............................................................................................................................................................15
BED RAIL SAFETY ....................................................................................................................................................................15
LUMEX® PATRIOT LIBERTY BED RAILS ...............................................................................................................................15
GF6500B-1: ASSIST BAR ..................................................................................................................................................15
GF6580B-1: QUARTER RAIL .............................................................................................................................................15
GF6590B-1: HALF NO-GAP HEAD RAIL ..........................................................................................................................16
GF6570B-1: FULL LENGTH RAIL ......................................................................................................................................16
LUMEX® STANDARD BED RAILS .............................................................................................................................................16
GF6570A-1: FULL LENGTH SIDE RAIL ............................................................................................................................16
LX5088: NO-GAP BED RAIL ..............................................................................................................................................17
GF6580A-1: LOW UNIVERSAL HALF RAIL ......................................................................................................................17
7 SERVICE PARTS, ALL MODELS .....................................................................................................................................................18
BED COMPONENTS ..................................................................................................................................................................18
BED END COMPONENTS .........................................................................................................................................................19
BED SERVICE PARTS ...............................................................................................................................................................20
8 MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY CHECKS .........................................................................................................................................21
9 WARRANTY ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
10 INDEX ................................................................................................................................................................................................23