Opening And Closing The Wheelchair; Use Of The Footplate And Footrest - Excel G3 Eco User Manual

5.2 Opening and closing the wheelchair

Opening the wheelchair
- Stand next to the wheelchair;
- Grab the seat tubes and move them apart;
- Push the seat tubes downwards until the wheelchair unfolds itself, picture 1;
- Go to the front of the wheelchair and push the seat tubes on to the cross frame;
- Check if the seat tubes are directly on to the cross frame and if the seat upholstery is flat;
- Replace the foot or leg rests and the seat cushion back on the wheelchair and fold down the footplate;
- You can now use the wheelchair.
Folding the wheelchair
- Flip up the footplates and remove the foot or leg rests;
- Remove the seat cushion from the wheelchair;
- Go to the side of the wheelchair;
- Place one hand at the front side in the middle of the seat upholstery and one hand at the backside in the
middle of the seat upholstery, picture 2;
- Pull the seat upholstery upwards;
- Tilt the wheelchair and push the sides towards each other to fold the wheelchair completely.

5.3 Use of the footplate and footrest

Adjusting the heel straps:
- You can adjust the heel straps, which you will find on the footplate, with the Velcro;
- Check if the Velcro of the heel straps is tightened properly.
Folding the footplate away
- Go to the front of the wheelchair and get a hold of the front of the foot plate, picture 3;
- Fold the footplate in the direction of the footrest, picture 4. Make sure the heel strap does not get stuck
between the footplate and footrest.
Picture 1
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Picture 2
Picture 4
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