Adjusting Handgrips - Vermeiren Forest Instruction Manual

1. Pull on the back strap Ⓑ until the locking pins Ⓒ on both sides come out the hole of
the backrest plate Ⓐ.
2. Push or pull the backrest forward or backwards until the desired angle (refer table 3).
3. Check that the locking pins Ⓒ are securely fixed.
Where an electrical back incliner is fitted, no manual adjustment is possible.
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Adjusting handgrips

L L L L
CAUTION:
Risk of injury – Make sure that both star knobs
tightened before using the wheelchair.
L L L L
CAUTION:
Risk of tipping over – Hang no other loads (e.g. rucksack, etc.) on the
handgrips.
L L L L
CAUTION: Risk of tipping over
tube for the maximum height adjustment.
The height of the handgrips can be adjusted in six different positions (steps: 30 mm).
– Use only the last indentation of the handgrip
The handgrips can be adjusted in height
depending on the size of the attendant.
1. Loosen the star knobs
of the backrest.
2. Pull the handgrips
position (6 positions). Indentions (steps 30
mm) have been placed into the tubing of
the handgrips.
Retighten the star knobs
3.
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are properly
located on the back
into the desired
firmly by hand.