Invacare Storm 4 Series User Manual page 5

5.21.2 Setting the angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
5.21.3 Setting the end stop of the footrest . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.21.4 Adjusting the length of the footrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5.22 Vari-A legrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5.22.1 Swivelling the footrest/legrest outward and/or
removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5.22.2 Setting the angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5.22.3 Setting the end stop of the legrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5.22.4 Adjusting the length of the legrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
5.22.5 Adjusting the depth of the calf pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
5.22.6 Adjusting the height of the calf pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
5.22.7 Unlocking and swivelling the calf pad backward
when alighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
5.22.8 Adjusting the angle-adjustable foot plate . . . . . . . . . 82
5.22.9 Adjusting the angle- and depth-adjustable foot
plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
5.23 Powered elevating legrests (ADE legrests). . . . . . . . . . . . 83
5.23.1 Swivelling the legrest outward and/or removing . . . . 83
5.23.2 Setting the angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
5.23.3 Adjusting the length of the legrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
5.23.4 Adjusting the depth of the calf pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
5.23.5 Adjusting the height of the calf pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
5.23.6 Unlocking and swivelling the calf pad backward
when alighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
5.23.7 Adjusting the angle-adjustable foot plate . . . . . . . . . 85
5.23.8 Adjusting the angle- and depth-adjustable foot
plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
5.24 Angle-adjustable footboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
5.25 Adjusting the width of side-mounted legrests. . . . . . . . . 87
5.26 Imperial to metric conversion chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
6 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
6.1 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
6.2 Before driving for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
6.3 Parking and stationary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
6.4 Getting in and out of the mobility device . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
6.4.1 Removing the standard armrest in order to side
transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
6.4.2 Information about getting in and out . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6.4.3 Swivelling Nucleus Midline Holder to Side. . . . . . . . . . 90
6.4.4 Swivelling Swing-Away Display Holder to Side . . . . . . . 90
6.4.5 Swivelling Chin Control to Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
6.5 Taking Obstacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
6.5.1 Maximum obstacle height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
6.5.2 Safety information when taking obstacles . . . . . . . . . . 91
6.5.3 The correct way to take obstacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
6.6 Driving up and down gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
6.7 Using foldable antitippers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
6.8 Use on public roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
6.9 Pushing the mobility device in freewheel mode . . . . . . . . 94
6.9.1 Disengaging motors (conventional motors) . . . . . . . . . 94
6.9.2 Disengaging the motors (True Track® Plus motors) . . . . 95
7 Controls system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7.1 Controls protection system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7.2 Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7.2.1 General information on charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7.2.2 General instructions on charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7.2.3 How to charge the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
7.2.4 How to disconnect the mobility device after
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
7.2.5 Storage and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
7.2.6 Instructions on using the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
7.2.7 Transporting batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
7.2.8 General instructions on handling the batteries . . . . . .100
7.2.9 How to handle damaged batteries correctly . . . . . . . .100
8 Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
8.1 Transport - General information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
8.2 Transferring Mobility Device to Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
8.3 Use of the mobility device as a seat in a vehicle . . . . . . .103
8.3.1 How the mobility device is anchored in a vehicle . . . .105