Angle Adjustment, Fine Adjustments - Invacare XLT Max User Manual

Move the eccentric plate by loosening the socket cap
screw on the plate. Hold the inner nut firmly in place
using a 10 mm fixed spanner. Remove the plate, push the
backrest to the desired angle, move the plate forwards
or backwards and mount it in that position. Hold the
nut steady from the inside, and retighten the socket cap
screw with the Allen key.

5.8.2 Angle adjustment, fine adjustments

When you have decided the direction in which you want
to tilt the backrest, it is time to make the fine adjustments,
i.e. adjusting the backrest to suit your body. Proceed as
follows:
Tools:
4 mm Allen key
10 mm fixed span-
ner
A
Loosen the four nuts (B) on the inside of the back-
rest tubes 1- 2 turns with a 10 mm fixed spanner.
Hold screws (A) firmly in place with a 4 mm Allen
key.
Tools:
24 mm fixed spanner
hen, using a 24 mm fixed spanner, turn the plates – a
little at a time, first on one side of the chair, then on the
other side. By this alternating procedure, you can adjust
the tilt of the backrest.
Note! You must alternate between the two plates
whenever you turn them, otherwise, the backrest could
become twisted, and its ergonomic advantages will be
lost.
XLT
Invacare ®
Tools:
5 mm Allen key
XLT Max
Then, using a 5 mm Allen key, turn the plates – a
little at a time, first on one side of the chair, then on
the other side. By this alternating procedure, you can
adjust the tilt of the backrest.
Note! You must alternate between the two plates
whenever you turn them, otherwise, the backrest
could become twisted, and its ergonomic advantages
will be lost.
Tools:
4 mm Allen key
10 mm fixed
spanner
A
Once you have found the right position, retight-en the
B
nuts (B) on the inside. Hold the screws (A) firmly in
place with the Allen key.
Adjust the shape of the backrest by adjusting the Velcro
straps.
The user should be seated in the chair when the Velcro
straps are adjusted. When adjustment is complete fold
the backcloth back into position and secure it with the
Velcro straps.
A
The tip risk increases the further
back the backrest is tilted. We
recommend the use of anti-tip
devices.
When you loosen the backrest, the tip-risk
increases. We recommend the use of anti-tip
devices.
B
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