Otto Bock Juvo - Use in Vehicles for Transporting Persons with Reduced Mobility

6.18 Use in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced mobility
WARNING
Use in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced mobility
Serious injuries in case of accidents due to user error
► Always use the seats and restraint systems in the vehicle for transporting persons with reduced mobility first.
This is the only way to ensure optimum protection of passengers in the event of an accident.
► If the product is to be used as a seat in a vehicle for transporting persons with reduced mobility, the safety
elements offered by the manufacturer and appropriate personal restraint systems must be used. For more
information, please refer to our brochure with the order number 646D158.
► Never transport more than one person in the power wheelchair.
► Turn off the control unit after positioning the power wheelchair in the vehicle for transporting persons with
reduced mobility.
► Use the power wheelchair in a vehicle for transporting persons with reduced mobility only if the seat is all the
way down and the backrest is in a vertical position.
► Observe the limitations regarding installed options (see Page100).
WARNING
Use of the belt system as a passenger restraint system in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced
mobility is forbidden
Serious injuries due to improper handling of the product
► Under no circumstances may the belts and positioning aids offered with the product be used as part of a pas
senger restraint system in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced mobility.
► Note that the belts and positioning aids offered with the product are only intended to help support the user sit
ting in the product.
The product may be used as a seat in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced mobility.
During transport in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced mobility, the product must be sufficiently
secured with attachment straps.
6.18.1 Required accessories
To use the power wheelchair as a seat in a vehicle for transporting persons with reduced mobility, additional
options have to be mounted (491S00=* anchor point kit). The qualified personnel who fitted the wheelchair can
provide more information.
6.18.2 Using the product in the vehicle
WARNING
Positioning in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced mobility
Serious injuries in case of accidents due to user error
► Positioning in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced mobility may only be performed by qualified per
sonnel.
► Instruct the qualified personnel regarding the mounting points on your product described below.
The product has been tested according to ISO 7176-19.
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Securing the power wheelchair in the vehicle
1) Position the power wheelchair in the vehicle for
transporting persons with reduced mobility. For
more information, refer to section5 in the brochure
"Transporting persons with reduced mobility",
order number 646D158.
2) Turn the control device off (see Page45).
3) Verify brake locking. Engage the brakes if needed
(see Page50).
4) Apply the attachment straps (see below).
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