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- Page 1 User’s Guide Multi-Positioning Seat SMALL Model# Series 79XXXXXX Revision 03/13 UMSMPS03-13LIT Read Instructions Before Using! Made Save This Guide For Future Reference in the This product is NOT a certified car seat in Europe or Canada.
- Page 2 Bergeron Health Care. Use only Special Tomato accessories and parts on Special Tomato products. Special Tomato parts are not interchangeable with other manufacturers’ products. Replace any worn parts immediately for safety.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
**All users MUST read and understand this instruction manual before using this product. Store instruction manual in pocket on back of MPS so that it can be consulted at any point to ensure proper use! Special Tomato™ Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide... -
Page 4: Story Behind The Brand
The Story Behind the Brand... Special Tomato™ is Tim Bergeron’s latest product line. He has over 25 years of experience designing, building, and selling adaptive positioning equipment, including founding the Tumble Forms® product line as its original designer. Tim has coupled his design experience with a new manufacturing process that provides soft durable, impermeable cushions for positioning children with special needs. -
Page 5: Unpack
Push Chair Base un- der the seat making sure to thread between the seat back frame and the front leg frame Figure 2b. Figure 2a. Figure 1. Figure 2b. Figure 3. Special Tomato™ Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide... -
Page 6: Footrest Assembly
Setting Up Your MPS Footrest Assembly Your Special Tomato™ Multi-Positioning Seat (MPS) comes partially assembled for your convenience. 1. Insert both ends of the Leg Rest Extensions into the corresponding holes in the front of the seat shell. 2. Make sure to insert the leg rests far enough so that the Leg Rest GROOVED Knobs (1 3/16”) go through one of the three corresponding holes in the leg rests, giving the... -
Page 7: Adjustments
Adjust the depth of the footstraps as needed. Figure 8b. Small 105° 90° 75° 75° Figure 7a. Figure 8a. 15° of Hip Flexion Neutral Hip neutre 15° of Hip Extension Figure 7b. Figure 8b. Special Tomato™ Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide... - Page 8 Re-insert each metal buckle into the corresponding socket to secure the lap strap por- tion of the 5-point harness. Figure 10. Figure 10. Special Tomato™ Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide...
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Page 9: Mobile Floor Base
Regular Seat Cushion at the time of your original purchase. This way you can extend the “life” of the MPS without having to buy a completely new seating system. Figure 15a. Special Tomato™ Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide... - Page 10 1. Unclip crotch strap and pull down through hole in seat cushion. Figure 15b. 2. Remove seat cushion. 3. Verify that the 5-Point Harness Clip is securely fastened. Push small metal clip through slot of large metal clip to secure the 5-Point Harness. Figure 15c.
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Page 11: Tray
Figure 18. Figure 19a. Figure 19b. Figure 20. Push Chair Base If you have purchased the MPS Push Chair Base, you will receive a separate manual with your MPS Push Chair Base. Special Tomato™ Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide... -
Page 12: Safety Information
65 pounds (29 kilograms). For children and young adults over 65 pounds, the vehicle belt is typically sufficient for restraint. For those children and young adults over 65 pounds that need positioning support to maintain a sitting position in a vehicle, the Small and Large Special Tomato Multi-Positioning Seats were designed and tested in the spirit and intent of FMVSS #213. - Page 13 9) Secure this child restraint with the vehicle belts even when there is not a child in the re- straint. In the event of a crash, an unsecured child restraint could injure vehicle occupants if it moves. WARNING Special TomatoTM Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide...
- Page 14 18) Carry your child restraint by the hard seat shell. Do NOT carry it by the 5-Point Harness to prevent damage. 19) The child restraint Top Tether Strap MUST be used at all times in a vehicle. WARNING Special TomatoTM Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide...
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Page 15: Front View
20 - 80 lbs. (9 - 36 kg)* 80 - 150 lbs. (36 - 69 kg) * Use these methods for children between 20 - 48 lbs. if your vehicle is not equipped with the LATCH mechanism. Special TomatoTM Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide... - Page 16 * Use these methods for children between 20 - 48 lbs. if your vehicle is not equipped with the LATCH mechanism. ***SEE NEXT PAGE TO COMPLETE INSTALLATION PROCESS!*** Figure 27. Figure 25a. Figure 25b. Figure 26. Special Tomato Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide...
- Page 17 Figure 32. LATCH Belt & Tether Removal To remove the restraint, depress both red release buttons on the LATCH buckles. Release the top Tether anchor to completely detach the restraint from the vehicle. Special Tomato Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide...
- Page 18 * Use these methods for children between 20 - 48 lbs. if your vehicle is not equipped with the LATCH Figure 38. mechanism. ***SEE NEXT PAGE TO COMPLETE INSTALLATION PROCESS!*** Figure 34a. Figure 34b. Figure 35. Figure 36. Figure 37. Figure 38. Special Tomato Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide...
- Page 19 Figure 43. Lap/Shoulder Belt & Tether Removal To remove the restraint, depress the red release button on the Lap/Shoulder buckle. Release the top Tether anchor to completely detach the restraint from the vehicle. Special Tomato Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide...
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Page 20: Lap/Shoulder Belt
* Use these methods for children between 20 - 48 lbs. if your vehicle is not equipped with the LATCH Pull tightly until slack is removed mechanism. from Lap Belt. ***SEE NEXT PAGE TO COMPLETE INSTALLATION PROCESS!*** Figure 45a. Figure 45b. Figure 46. Figure 47. Figure 48. Special Tomato Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide... - Page 21 Lap Belt & Tether Removal To remove the restraint, depress the red release button on the Lap Strap buckle. Release the top Tether anchor to completely detach the restraint from the vehicle. Special Tomato Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide...
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Page 22: 5-Point Harness
5-Point Harness in place. 2) To secure the belt if it has come undone, push the small metal clip through the slot of large metal clip. Figure 56a. Test it by pulling on both straps to make sure that they stay connected. Figure 56b. -
Page 23: Securing Your Child
2) To install, secure the restraint with the Lap/ Shoulder Belt. Slide the Locking Clip around both ends of the belt, positioning it a few inches from the buckle. (Figure 65.) Figure 64. Figure 65. Special Tomato Multi-Positioning Seat - SMALL: User’s Guide... -
Page 24: Maintenance
To exercise this limited warranty, the user should first obtain a Return Authorization Number from the dealer the Special Tomato™ product was purchased from. The product must be delivered charges pre-paid (UPS recommended) to the factory or to an authorized service center, together with a copy of the original invoice, the Return Authorization Number and a written description of the problem.
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