Invacare pegasus pro - Transporting the Mobility Device; General Transport Information and Safety; Transferring Device to a Vehicle

Transport
8Transport
8.1Transport-Generalinformation
WARNING!
Riskofsevereorfatalinjuriesintheevent
ofatrafcaccidentifthismobilitydeviceis
usedasavehicleseat!Itdoesnotfulllthe
requirementsofISO7176-19.
–Undernocircumstancesshouldthismobility
devicebeusedasavehicleseatortotransport
theuserinavehicle.
WARNING!
Riskofdeathorseriousinjurytothemobility
deviceuserandpotentiallyanyothernearby
occupantofthevehicle,ifamobilitydevice
issecuredusinga4-pointtie-downsystem
availablefromathirdpartysupplierandthe
unladenweightofthemobilitydeviceexceeds
themaximumweightforwhichthetie-down
systemiscertied.
–Makesuretheweightofthemobilitydevice
doesnotexceedtheweightforwhichthe
tie-downsystemiscertied.Consultthe
tie-downmanufacturer'sdocumentation.
–Ifyouareunsurehowmuchyourmobility
deviceweighs,thenyoumusthaveitweighed
usingcalibratedscales.
8.2Transferringthemobilitydevicetoavehicle
WARNING!
Themobilitydeviceisatriskoftippingoverifit
istransferredtoavehiclewhiletheuserisstill
seatedinthemobilitydevice
–Transferthemobilitydevicewithouttheuser
wheneverpossible.
–Ifthemobilitydevicewiththeuserhastobe
transferredtoavehicleusingaramp,ensure
thattherampdoesnotexceedtheratedslope
(referto12Technicaldata,page59).
–Ifthemobilitydevicehastobetransferredto
avehicleusingarampthatdoesexceedthe
ratedslope(referto12Technicaldata,page
59
),awinchmustthenbeused.Anattendant
canthensafelymonitorandassistthetransfer
process.
–Alternatively,aplatformliftmaybeused.
–Ensurethatthetotalweightofthemobility
deviceincludingtheuserdoesnotexceedthe
maximumpermittedtotalweightfortheramp
orplatformlift.
–Themobilitydeviceshouldalwaysbe
transferredtoavehiclewiththebackrestin
anuprightposition,theseatlifterloweredand
theseattiltintheuprightposition(referto
Drivingupanddowngradients).
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