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Graco 8403 Owner's Manual

Graco 8403 Owner's Manual

Infant car bed, child restraint system
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Infant Car Bed
Child Restraint
System
OWNER'S MANUAL
Model 8403
Your child’s safety depends on you installing and
using this car bed correctly. READ THIS MANUAL!
Return this manual to the storage pocket provided on
the underside of the car bed for quick reference.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com
Any Questions? 1-
© 1999 Graco 403-9-99 IS1904

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  • Page 1 Your child’s safety depends on you installing and using this car bed correctly. READ THIS MANUAL! Return this manual to the storage pocket provided on Any Questions? 1- the underside of the car bed for quick reference. © 1999 Graco 403-9-99 IS1904...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Table of Contents 1. Important Safety Information ..........4-8 1.1 About Your Child .
  • Page 3 Contacting Graco Our goal is to make every product the best it can be! We are also committed to supporting our products after purchase. If you would like to speak to Graco about your product, please call our Customer Service Department at 1-888-224-6549 or visit our Internet website, www.gracobaby.com.

  • Page 4: Important Safety Information

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1. Important Safety Information No child restraint can guarantee protection from injury. However, proper use of this car bed reduces the risk of serious injury or death to your child in the event of a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash. Do not install or use this car bed until you read and understand the instructions in this manual and in your vehicle owner’s manual.

  • Page 5: About Using This Car Bed In Your Vehicle

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1.2 About Using this Car Bed in Your Vehicle Your child can be injured in a vehicle even if you are not in a crash. More common events such as sudden braking and sharp turns can injure your child if the car bed is not properly installed or if your child is not properly secured in the car bed.

  • Page 6: About Airbags

    Presently, Graco is not aware of any airbags that will strike a properly installed car bed and injure a child. However, airbags offer no benefit to children in car beds.

  • Page 7: When The Car Bed Is Not Occupied

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1.4 When the Car Bed is Not Occupied The surface of the car bed can become very hot if the car bed is left in the sun. Contact with these parts can burn your child’s skin. Cover the car bed with a blanket if it will be exposed to the sun, and always check the surface of the car bed before putting your child in it.

  • Page 8: When The Car Bed Is Not In The Vehicle

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Never use the car bed if it has damaged or missing parts. Do not use a cut, frayed or damaged car bed harness. You can order a new harness by calling 1-888-224-6549. 1.6 When the Car Bed is Not in the Vehicle To avoid injury or death from suffocation, falls and other hazards: Always secure child in harness straps whenever child is in the car bed.

  • Page 9: Choosing A Suitable Location For The Car Bed

    If you are not sure where to place the car bed in your vehicle, contact your vehicle manufacturer or Graco Children’s Products Inc., 1-888-224-6549. 2.1 Some Basic Requirements To reduce the risk of head and neck injuries in the event of a crash, your child’s head must be positioned as close to the center of the car as possible,...
  • Page 10 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Ê Never place the car bed on the driver’s side of a vehicle (seats A and B) Ê. Only the center and passenger side seating positions (C, D, E, F and G) are potential locations for this car bed if all other requirements are met.

  • Page 11: Be Sure Your Vehicle Seat Meets All Of These Requirements

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2.2 Be Sure Your Vehicle Seat Meets All of These Requirements Ì THE VEHICLE SEAT MUST FACE FORWARD. Do not place car bed in a rear-facing vehicle seat Ì or a side-facing vehicle seat Í. Í...

  • Page 12: Consider Accident Statistics And Information About Airbags

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2.3 Consider Accident Statistics and Information about Airbags According to accident statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in rear vehicle seating positions, rather than in front seating positions. Before placing the car bed in a seating location with an airbag, read section 1.3 on page 6.

  • Page 13: Be Sure Your Vehicle Seat Belt Is Safe To Use

    If you are unsure whether your seat belts are safe to use with the car bed, contact the vehicle manufacturer or call Graco at 1-888-224-6549.
  • Page 14 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com DO NOT use a lap belt that stays loose and can move until it locks in a crash or sudden stop. This belt has an Emergency Locking Retractor, E.L.R. Ê It is often seen in combination with a motorized shoulder belt.
  • Page 15 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Ì DO NOT use a seat belt that is attached to the door in any way. This type of belt is designed to open with the door and automatically surround the passenger when the door is closed. This seat belt Ì...

  • Page 16: Seat Belt Systems That Are Suitable For Use With The Car Bed

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com B. Seat Belt Systems that are Suitable for Use with the Car Bed The following vehicle belt systems can be used with your car bed, if the seat location meets all other requirements of these instructions and the requirements in your vehicle owner’s manual.
  • Page 17 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Lap/shoulder combination belt with a lock- Ì ing latchplate. Once it is buckled, this type of belt has a latchplate that will not allow the lap portion of the belt to loosen. This seat belt does Ì...

  • Page 18: Features And Components Of The Car Bed

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. Features and Components of the Car Bed Harness Rear of car bed slots (low side) Harness crotch strap Harness shoulder straps Front of car bed Vehicle (high side) belt guides Locking Clip The locking clip is stored at the rear of the car bed.

  • Page 19: Positioning And Securing Your Child In The Car Bed

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. Positioning and Securing Your Child in the Car Bed Premature and/or low birth weight infants have special medical needs that will influence how your child should lay in the car bed. This car bed is designed so babies can lay on their backs or on their sides.
  • Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Ê 1. Make sure that your child is dressed in appropriate clothing which: a. Allows the crotch strap to pass through your child’s legs. b. Keeps the shoulder straps on your child’s shoulders. If a blanket is used for additional warmth, it must be Lying on back placed outside the harness straps and tucked around...
  • Page 21 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. Place your child in the car bed so child’s head is at the end with the ventilation slots. Refer to label on the front of the car bed. (The illustrations below show child laying on back. Your child may need to lay in a different position depending on your doctor’s instructions.) Í...
  • Page 22 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 8. Check that harness straps are not twisted. Twisted straps can create slack in the harness and reduce the protection provided by the car bed. 9. To be sure the straps are secure, pull up on the harness where the crotch and Ê...

  • Page 23: Securing The Car Bed In Your Vehicle

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Securing the Car Bed in Your Vehicle There are many kinds of vehicles, seat belts, and occupant protection systems. As a result, it is not possible for this manual to tell you everything you need to know about putting this car bed in your vehicle.
  • Page 24 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Preparation and Initial Safety Checks 1. Make sure you have selected a suitable location for the car bed as explained in section 2 (page 9). Remember not to place child on the driver’s side, and remember to position child so feet are toward the passenger side of the vehicle.
  • Page 25 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. Thread the seat belt through all three guides as shown for a Ë Ì lap-only belt and for a lap/shoulder belt . There is no need to thread the shoulder portion of the belt through the three guides. Ë...
  • Page 26 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 8. Now the vehicle seat belt must be tightened. Ê When tightening the seat belt around the car bed, make sure there is no slack on either side of the car bed or along the belt path. To create a very tight installation, first remove your child from the car bed.
  • Page 27 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Ì A manually adjusted lap belt is tightened Ì by pulling on the excess belt while pushing down hard on the car bed. However, you may have trouble tightening the belt because of the upright angle at which you must pull.
  • Page 28 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com A lap/shoulder combination belt with a latchplate that can slide Ê freely along the belt requires the locking clip, unless your vehicle’s seat belt can be converted in another way, described in your vehicle Ê...
  • Page 29 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Final Safety Checks 11. Make sure child is secured with the harness according to section 4, “Positioning and Securing Your Child in the Car Bed” (page 19). 12. Make sure that apnea monitors, oxygen tanks, or other medical equipment are not placed inside the car bed.
  • Page 30 Doing so may weaken the harness straps or clog the hook/loop fastener so that the harness may not hold your child in a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash. If the harness cannot be cleaned, order a new one from Graco at 1-888-224-6549.
  • Page 31 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Reinstalling Pad and Harness If pad and harness have been removed for washing or replacement, it is very important to properly reinstall them in your car bed. Ventilation slots in pad must be at the same end as ventilation slots in plastic car bed shell, and harness must be positioned to properly hold your child.
  • Page 32 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Fuzzy side of harness UP Ventilation slots...
  • Page 33 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Printed side Low side Ventilation slots High side Ventilation slots...
  • Page 34 Fill out the prepaid registration postcard attached to the pad and mail it today. Child restraints could be recalled for safety reasons. You must register this restraint to be reached in a recall. Send your name, address and serial number Graco Children’s Products Inc. P.O. Box 100 Elverson, PA, 19520-9974 or call 1-888-224-6549.
  • Page 35 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com...
  • Page 36 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Graco Children’s Products Inc. Elverson, PA 19520 1-888-224-6549...

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