Invacare Top End Excelerator Owner's Operator And Maintenance Manual page 7

GENERAL GUIDELINES
NOTE: This activity may be performed independently
provided you have adequate mobility and upper body
strength.
Position the Excelerator on level ground and as close as
possible along side the object to which you are transfer-
ring. Apply parking brake on Excelerator and secure
object that you are transferring into or out of. Shift body
weight onto object with transfer.
During independent transfer, little or no seat platform will
be beneath you. Use a transfer board if at all possible.
WARNING
Parking Brake MUST be
secured.
Hand
Crank
Footrest
Seat
Frame
FIGURE 1 - TRANSFERRING INTO AND OUT OF THE EXCELERATOR
Wheel Locks MUST be engaged.
Place both legs onto
STEP 6:
Excelerator footrests.
STEP 5: Lift and shift weight into
Excelerator seat.
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WARNING
STEP 1: Shift body weight to the edge
of the wheelchair upholstery closest to
the Excelerator.
STEP 2: Lift and place LEFT
leg past front frame over cen-
ter tube.
STEP 3: Place LEFT hand on
the Excelerator seat frame, NOT
on hand crank.
STEP 4: Place RIGHT hand on
the wheelchair frame.
PROCEDURE 1
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