Opening And Closing The Wheelchair; Use Of The Foot Plate And Footrest - Excel 100 Technical Manual

5.2

Opening and closing the wheelchair

Opening the wheelchair
From the folded position stand to the side of the wheelchair.
Hold the armrest of the side closest to you, and tilt the wheelchair slightly towards you.
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Push the seat side tubes downwards, this will unfold the wheelchair.
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Then, to full open the wheelchair, push the side tubes of the seat frame into place, see Figure 1.
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Make sure the side tubes are now in the seat receiving brackets on the main frame.
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If you have removed them, place any foot or leg option back onto the wheelchair.
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You can now use the wheelchair.
Fold the foot plates up and possibly remove the footrest where possible. Make sure you are next to the wheelchair.
Get a hold of the handles (black material hand loops not the armrests) at both sides of the seat and pull upwards
simultaneously. Tilt the wheelchair slightly and push the two sides together to complete the folding.
Folding the wheelchair
Fold away the foot plates and possibly remove the foot or leg option.
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Make sure you are next to the wheelchair.
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Get a hold of the seat material at the front and rear in the middle and pull straight up towards, see Figure
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Tilt the wheelchair slightly and then push the sides toward each other to completely the wheelchair.
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5.3

Use of the foot plate and footrest

Folding the footplate away
For using your wheelchair, you are required to put the footplate down, see figure 3
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To fold the footrest away you need to move it in the direction of the main part of the footrest, see figure
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4. Make sure the heel strap does not get stuck between the footplate and footrest, see Figures 3 and 4
Swinging the footrests towards and away from your wheelchair
Fold the footplate away (see previous section)
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Pull the black control lever to release the footrest, see Figure 5
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You can now move the complete footrest inwards or outwards without removing it
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Removing the footrests from your wheelchair
Fold the footplate away (see earlier in this chapter)
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Pull the black control lever, as shown in Figure 5. You can now swing the footrest inwards and outwards
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Figure 1
Figure 3
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Figure 2
Figure 4
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