Hamax Caress User Manual

Hamax ID: 10244 Rev 010 14052013
User manual Caress
Hamax AS
Visiting address:
Vålerveien 159
N-1599 Moss
Norway
Tel.: +47 69 23 38 38
email: customerservice@hamax.no
www.hamax.com
User
Manual
Caress
EN
Important!
FR Important! PL Ważne!
DE Wichtig! PT IMPORTANTE!
NO Viktig! RO Importantă!
CZ Důležité! RU важно!
DA SE
Vigtigt! VIKTIGT!
ES ¡Importante! SK Dôležité!
FI TÄRKEÄÄ! BG Важно!
HU FONTOS! TR Önemli!
IT IMPORTANTE! UA Важливо!
NL BELANGRIJK!
BIKE FRAME TUBE
OK! NOT OK!
Ø = 28 - 40mm
NOT OK!
NOT
OK OK
EN
User Manual
Congratulations on purchasing the Hamax bicycle child seat. You now have
a comfortable and safe child seat that can be adjusted to fit your child as
she/he grows.
Please read the instructions carefully before assembling or using the child
seat.
Keep these instructions in a safe place as they will be useful if you later
buy extra equipment for your child seat.
INSTAllATION •Check there are no sharp objects, such as split
• Can be mounted on bicycles with frame tube wires, on the bicycle that can harm the child.
diameters from 28-40 mm. • Ensure that the restraint system is not loose or
• Cannot be mounted on bicycles with oval or able to become trapped in any moving parts
square down tubes. particularly the wheels, including when the
• Cannot be mounted where the luggage carrier
cycle is ridden without a child in the seat.
is wider than 160 mm. • Always use the safety belt/restraint system,
(Note that the luggage carrier can be removed ensuring the child is restrained in the seat.
before fitting the child seat.) • A child sitting in a child seat should be dressed
• Cannot be mounted on cycles fitted with shock more warmly than the rider.
absorbers. • The child should be protected against rain with
• Can be fitted to bikes with and without a suitable waterproof garments.
luggage carrier. If you are in any doubt that the • Remember to put the child's helmet on
seat will fit, we recommend you seek before starting your bicycle trip.
information from the bicycle's supplier. • Remember that the child seat can get very hot
• The seat must only be mounted on a bicycle standing out in the sunshine, so check the child
which is suitable for this kind of load. Please seat before placing your child in it.
ask your bicycle supplier for detailed advice. • When transporting the bicycle by car (outside
• Make sure the bracket screws are well the car) remove the seat. Air turbulence might
tightened and check them at regular intervals. damage the seat or loosen its fastenings to the
• The child seat is fitted on the frame tube of the
cycle, which could result in an accident.
bike with the bracket (7). See picture E. The
screws must be tightened hard enough to fix WArNINgS
the seat securely and prevent it from sliding. • Warning: Do not attach extra luggage or
Make it a rule to check this before starting a equipment to the child seat, as this could lead
trip with the bike. to the total load exceeding 22 kg. We
• For optimal comfort and safety of the child, recommend that extra luggage is attached at
ensure that the seat does not slope forwards, the front of the bicycle
so that the child does not tend to slide out of it. • Warning: Do not modify the child seat. This will
Hamax recommend that the backrest should automatically invalidate the guarantee and the
slope backwards slightly. manufacturer's product liability will lapse.
• Check all parts of the bike that they function • Warning: Be aware that the load of a child in
correctly with the bicycle seat mounted. the child seat may alter the bicycle's stability
and handling characteristics, particularly when
USE
steering and braking.
• To take a child on a bicycle, the rider must
• Warning: Never leave the bicycle parked with a
normally be over 16 years. Check your national child in the seat unattended.
laws and regulations. • Warning: Do not use the seat if any parts are
• The child seat is approved for children from broken.
about 9 months to 6 years or maximum 22 kg • Cover any exposed rear saddle spring.
weight. Ensure that you re-check from time to
MAINTENANcE
time that the child's weight and size do not
exceed the maximum capacity of the seat. • When cleaning the seat, use only lukewarm
• Do not carrying a child that is too young to sit soapy water.
safely in the seat as regarding minimum age of • If the child seat is involved in an accident or
the child. Carry only child that are able to sit are damaged, contact your dealer to check that
unaided for a longer period of time, at least as it can still be used. Damaged parts must
long as the intended bicycle journey. always be replaced. Contact your dealer if you
• Ensure that it is not possible for any part of are not sure how to fit the new parts.
the child's body or clothing to come into
contact with any moving part of the seat or
Tip! With an extra bracket you can easily move
cycle and to re-check as the child grows, due to one seat between two bicycles.
the danger of entrapment of feet in the wheel
and of the finders in brake mechanisms and We wish you and your child many enjoyable
sprung saddles. The child seat gives good side bicycle trips with your Hamax child seat!
and feet protection. However, you are
recommended to buy and fit a closed wheel Best regards from us at Hamax.
guard/chain guard. You can buy this at your
bicycle dealer.