Invacare Storm 4 - How the Mobility Device Is Anchored in a Vehicle for Use as a Vehicle Seat

Invacare®Storm®⁴
CAUTION!
Thereisariskofinjuryifthemobilitydeviceis
notproperlysecuredduringuseasavehicleseat.
–Ifpossible,theusershouldalwaysleavethemobility
devicetouseavehicleseatandthesafetybelts
providedwiththevehicle.
–Themobilitydeviceshouldalwaysbeanchoredfacing
inthetransportvehicle'sintendeddirectionoftravel.
–Themobilitydevicemustalwaysbesecuredin
accordancewiththemobilitydeviceandanchoring
systemmanufacturers’usermanual.
–Alwaysremoveandsecureanyaccessorypartsfixed
tothemobilitydevicesuchaschincontrolsortables.
–Ifyourmobilitydeviceisfittedwithanangleadjustable
backrest,thenitmustbeplacedinanuprightposition.
–Fullylowerelevatedlegrests,iffitted.
–Fullylowertheseatlifter,iffitted.
CAUTION!
Riskofinjuryexistsifamobilitydevicethatisnot
fittedwithleak-proofbatteriesistransportedina
vehicle.
–Onlyeveruseleak-proofbatteries.
CAUTION!
Riskofinjuryordamagetothemobilitydeviceor
tothetransportingvehicle,ifthelegrestsareina
raisedpositionwhilethemobilitydeviceisused
asavehicleseat.
–Alwayscompletelylowerheight-adjustablelegrests,if
fitted.
Inordertouseamobilitydeviceasamotorvehicleseat,
itneedstobefittedwithattachmentpointstoenable
anchoringinthemotorvehicle.Theseaccessoriesmaybe
includedinthestandardscopeofmobilitydeviceorderand
deliveryinsomecountries(UKforexample),butmayalso
beobtainedfromInvacareasanoptioninothercountries.
ThismobilitydevicecomplieswiththerequirementsofISO
7176-19:2001andmaybeusedasavehicleseatinconnectionwithan
anchoringsystemthathasbeencheckedandapprovedinaccordance
withISO10542.Thetransportingvehiclemustbeprofessionally
convertedtoanchorthemobilitydevice.Contactyourvehicle’s
manufacturerformoreinformation.
Themobilitydevicehasundergoneacrashtestinwhichitwas
anchoredinthetransportingvehicle'sdirectionoftravel.Other
configurationswerenottested.Thecrashtestdummywassecured
usingpelvicandupperbodysafetybelts.Bothtypesofsafetybelt
shouldbeusedinordertominimizetheriskofinjuriestoheador
upperbody.
Itisimperativethatthemobilitydeviceisinspectedbyanauthorized
dealerbeforebeingusedagainafterbeinginvolvedinacrash.
Alterationstothemobilitydeviceanchoringpointsmaynotbe
carriedoutwithoutthemanufacturer'spermission.
10.3.1Howthemobilitydeviceisanchoredina
vehicleforuseasavehicleseat
Themobilitydeviceisfittedwithfouranchoring
points,whicharelabelledwiththesymbolshown
ontheright.Snaphooksorbeltloopscanbeused
forfixation.
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