Safety And Operating Limits; Weight Limit; Reaching For An Object From A Wheelchair - Invacare Zipper 2 User Manual

1-Safety and operating limits

Stability and equilibrium
To ensure that the wheelchair remains stable and is manipulated correctly, you
must always maintain good equilibrium. Many actions cause the user of a
wheelchair to reach out, lean over or move about within the wheelchair and
outside it. These actions will change your centre of gravity and weight
distribution of the wheelchair.
Your wheelchair has been designed to remain stable for normal everyday use
if it is used correctly taking the precautions recommended in this manual.

1.1 - Weight limit

The maximum user weight limit for S & T models is 115kg and 100kg for
the SL & TL models.
This weight includes accessories such as a compact oxygen cylinder or other
equipment required by the user.
However, the wheelchair user's degree of activity is important. For example, an
active user weighing 75 kg may subject the wheelchair to more stress than a
user weighing 115 kg. We recommend very active wheelchair users to choose
an appropriate design of wheelchair. Your INVACARE approved distributor will
advise you on the best model.
1.2 - Reaching for an object
from a wheelchair
The limitations on reaching out from
a wheelchair shown in figure 1 have
been produced using
representative sample of wheelchair
users.
Only the ar ms should
beyond the seat of the wheelchair.
For safety reasons, the body and
head should remain within the
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wheelbase.
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extend
Position the castors to give the longest
possible wheel-base (Figure 2).
Lock the manual brakes on the rear wheels.
Leaning forwards
(Figures 3, 4 and 5):
Move the wheelchair as close as
possible to the object you wish to reach.
Only reach out to take what is within
arm's length in normal sitting position.
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