ICON A1 Owner's Manual

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Page 1 Icon A1 Adult Manual Wheelchair Owner’s Manual...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Environmental Conditions ......................... 8 Warnings: Falls & Tip-Overs ........................9 Warnings: For Proper Use ........................... 15 Warnings: Components and Options ......................18 ASSEMBLY AND MAINTENANCE ........................21 Assembly ..............................21 MAINTENANCE ............................23 Cleaning ..............................24 ICON MANUAL WHEELCHAIR WARRANTY ....................25...
Page 3: Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Icon A1 Adult Manual Wheelchair. This manual is designed to assist you with the operation of the Icon A1 Adult Manual Wheelchair. Before operating this wheelchair, it is important to read and understand all information in this manual in...
Page 4: Specifications
The Icon A1 Adult Manual Wheelchair complies to these voluntary standards. In addition to the RESNA drop tests and double drum test, the Icon A1 has been tested through computer assisted Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
Page 5: Read This Manual Often
Read This Manual Often Before using your Icon Adult Manual Wheelchair, you and those who may assist you should read this entire manual and make sure to follow all instructions. Review the warnings often, until they become second nature to you, like children’s stories read to you by a loved one.
Page 6: General Warnings
Here you will find a safety checklist and summary of risks you and those individuals who may assist you need to be aware of before you ride the Icon Adult Manual Wheelchair. The word “WARNING” refers to a hazard or unsafe practice that may cause severe injury or death to you or to other persons. The “WARNINGS”...
Page 7: Safety Checklist
5. Get to know the areas where you plan to use your wheelchair. Look for hazards and learn how to avoid them. 6. Use anti-tip bars unless you are a skilled rider and are sure you are not at risk to tip over. 7.
Page 8: Environmental Conditions
3. Unauthorized modifications or use of parts not supplied or approved by Icon will change the wheelchair, and void any and all warranties associated with the wheelchair. Failure to heed these warnings could cause damage to your chair, injury to yourself, a fall, a tip-over and/or loss of control, causing severe injury to yourself or others.
Page 9: Warnings: Falls & Tip-Overs
Consult your health care professional team to find out chair geometry is best for you. b. Contact Icon BEFORE you modify or adjust your wheelchair in any way that is not described in this Manual. Be aware, that based on the foregoing factors, you may need...
Page 10 c. Have someone assist you until you know the balance points of your chair and how to avoid a tip-over. d. If you have anti-tip tubes, use them. Failure to heed these warnings could cause damage to your chair, injury to yourself, a fall, a tip-over and/or loss of control, causing severe injury to yourself or others.
Page 11 To avoid these risks: 1. Keep a lookout for danger; periodically scan the area well ahead of your chair as you ride. 2. Make sure the floor areas where you live and work are level and free of obstacles. 3. Remove the cover threshold strips between rooms. 4.
Page 12 5. NEVER reach or lean over the top of the seat back. This may damage or destroy the backrest and cause you to fall. 6. If you must reach or lean forward, do not put pressure on the footrests because leaning forward already puts pressure on the footrests and may cause the chair to tip if you lean too far.
Page 13 7. BEWARE OF: a. Wet or slippery surfaces. b. A change in grade on a slope, or a bump, a depression, or a lip. Any of those may cause a fall or tip-over. c. A drop-off at the bottom of a slope. Just ¾ of an inch can stop your front caster and cause the chair to tip forward.
Page 14 a. Learn how to position your body and how to support yourself during a transfer. b. Have someone help you until you know how to do a safe transfer on your own. 2. Lock the rear wheels before you transfer. The rear wheels will not roll but this will NOT keep you chair from sliding away from you or tipping.
Page 15: Warnings: For Proper Use
Failure to heed these warnings could result in damage to your chair, injury to yourself, a fall, a tip-over and/or loss of control, causing severe injury to yourself or others. Stairs WARNING: 1. NEVER use this chair on stairs UNLESS you have someone to help you. Doing so is likely to cause a fall or tip-over.
Page 16 6. Have the rider make small movements of the hand rims to stay in balance. Failure to heed these warnings could result in damage to the chair, a fall, a tip-over and/or loss of control, causing severe injury to the rider, yourself or others. Descending A Curb Or Single Step WARNING: Follow these steps to help a rider descend a curb or single step going backward:...
Page 17 Climbing Stairs WARNING: 1. Use at least two attendants to move a chair and rider up stairs. 2. Move the chair and rider BACKWARDS up the stairs. 3. The person at the rear is in control. S/he tilts the chair back to its balance points. 4.
Page 18: Warnings: Components And Options
Maintenance WARNING: 1. If you detect a problem, contact Icon by phone or email immediately. Your warrantee will cover most problems. Failure to heed these warnings could result in damage to your chair, injury to yourself, a fall, a tip-over and/or loss of control, causing severe injury to yourself or others.
Page 19 3. To avoid a trip or fall when you transfer a. Make sure your feet do not "Hang up" or get caught in the space between the footrests. b. Avoid putting weight on the footrests. If you do, the chair may tip forward. Failure to heed these warnings could result in damage to your chair, injury to yourself, a fall, a tip-over and/or loss of control, causing severe injury to yourself or others.
Page 20 Power Drive WARNING: Do not install a power drive on the Icon wheelchair. Doing so will: 1. Affect the centre of balance of your chair and may cause a fall or tip-over. 2. Alter the frame. 3. Void the warranty.
Page 21: Assembly And Maintenance
Using the 4 mm hex key, loosen the set screws on both locking collar rings, located on the seat post on either side of the Icon’s A1 frame. Raise or lower the seat to the desired height. Re-tighten the set screws so that they tighten on the threads of the set post, rather than the flats.
Page 22 Using the optional level, raise or lower the caster pod until the Icon’s frame is level (parallel to the ground). When the frame is level, the caster pods will be perpendicular to the ground and will roll without fluttering or diving.
Page 23: Maintenance
Using the 5 mm hex key, tighten the push bar bolts. Re-install your back. MAINTENANCE CAUTION: You can expect your Icon chair to give years of trouble free performance if used properly. However a regular schedule of maintenance will make certain that your chair is ready when you are ready for it.
Page 24: Cleaning
A. If you have pneumatic tires, check and refill weekly. Wheelchair tires do not retain air as well as automotive tires because of their high surface area/air content ratio. B. Check your wheel locks weekly. As tires wear, the locks must be adjusted. C.
Page 25: Icon Manual Wheelchair Warranty
3. Icon does not warrant against any damage resulting from exceeding the weight limit of 265 pounds (120 kg.). 4. Icon does not warrant an Icon chair from which the original serial number tag has been removed.