Use In Vehicles For Transporting Persons With Reduced Mobility; Start M6 Junior; Required Accessories - Otto Bock Start M4 XXL Instructions For Use Manual

7.20 Use in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced mobility

7.20.1 Start M6 Junior

WARNING
Use in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced mobility
Serious injuries in case of accidents due to user error
► Always use the seats and personal restraint systems in the vehicle for transporting persons with reduced
mobility first. This is the only way to ensure optimum protection of passengers in the event of an accident.
► If the product is to be used as a seat in a vehicle for transporting persons with reduced mobility, the safety
elements offered by the manufacturer and appropriate fastening and personal restraint systems must be used.
For more information, please refer to our brochure with the order number 646D158.
► Never transport more than one person in the product.
► Only use the product in a vehicle for transporting persons with reduced mobility with the back support in a
vertical position.
► Observe the limitations regarding installed options (see Page 41).
WARNING
Use of the belt system as a passenger restraint system in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced
mobility is forbidden
Serious injuries due to improper handling of the product
► Under no circumstances may the belts and positioning aids offered with the product be used as part of a pas­
senger restraint system in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced mobility.
► Note that the belts and positioning aids offered with the product are only intended to help support the user sit­
ting in the product.
WARNING
Prohibited transportation of the passenger with activated back angle adjustment
Loss of safe restraint in the product due to user error
► Ensure the passenger is seated in a nearly upright position during transport.
► If a back angle adjustment mechanism is installed, move the backrest to a nearly upright position prior to
travel.
► Check the locking mechanism on both sides.
The product has been tested by the manufacturer according ISO 7176-19 and may be used as a seat in vehicles
for transporting persons with reduced mobility subject to the conditions defined below.
The product must be sufficiently secured during transport in vehicles for transporting persons with reduced mobil­
ity. The illustrations that follow show an example for anchoring in a motor vehicle.
The manufacturer is not responsible for the fastening systems that are used. Ensure that only fastening systems
that meet the applicable legal requirements and are designed for the overall weight of the product including the
user are used.
The transport weight of the person to be transported in a vehicle for transporting persons with reduced mobility
corresponds to the maximum permissible user weight (see Page 46).

7.20.1.1 Required accessories

To use the product as a seat in a vehicle for transporting persons with reduced mobility, additional accessories
have to be mounted:
• 481S00=SK030 Fixation kit
• Alternative: four belt loops (e.g. from the manufacturers Q'STRAINT or Unwin Safety Systems, tested accord­
ing to ISO 10542-1)
The qualified personnel who fitted the wheelchair can provide more information about accessories.
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