Castor Brake; Wooden Side Panel; Support Handles / Swivel Handles - Invacare Etude Plus HC User Manual

CAUTION!
Risk of injury
User can fall, while entering or exiting the bed, if
brakes are not locked.
– Always lock the brakes before the user is
moving in or out of bed or when attending to
the user.
– At least one castor at the head end and one
castor in the foot end must be locked.
Castors might make marks on different types of
absorbing floor surfaces - such as untreated or
badly treated floors. To prevent marks, Invacare®
recommends to place a suitable kind of protection
between the castors and the floor.

4.3.1 Castor brake

Locking the brake
Step on the outer pedal A.
Unlocking the brake
Push up the release button B.

4.4 Wooden side panel

Press the brackets A down, onto the top frame.

4.5 Support handles / Swivel handles

One or more support handles can be mounted on the top
frame to support the user when getting in or out of bed.
WARNING!
Risk of serious injury
The support handles are not to be used as side
rails; to keep the user from falling out of the bed
– Only use the support handles as a support
when getting in and out of bed.
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Mounting the Support handles / Swivel handles
1.
a) Loosen the finger screws A.
b) Rotate the metal plates B out to the side.
2.
Press the brackets onto the top frame.
WARNING!
Risk of squeezing, getting trapped or
suffocated
Pay attention to the distance between
support/swivel handle and bed end.
Pay attention to the distance between two
support handles.
– The safety distance A must be bigger than
390 mm.
– The safety distance B must be either 0–60
mm or 318 mm or bigger.
– Never use the support handles in
combination with side rails.
Operating the bed
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