Transport - Invacare XLT Max User Manual

The Invacare Rea™wheelchairs are designed to offer the user the best comfort and safety possible during all kinds
of situations in everyday life. This means that compromises have to be made in order to make the product useful.
During transport in cars, it is always safest to ride in the car's normal seat with the seatbelt on. You should ride
in the car's normal seat and use the seatbelt if possible. If, for some reason, it is impossible to be transported in
any other way the wheelchair can be used as a seat in a vehicle if the following rules and regulations are followed.
We would like to point out that there is always a risk involved in being transported seated in your wheelchair.
The risk for injury during an incident increases when you have a wheelchair with a low backrest. The lower the
back, the higher the risk for injury. Therefore, Invacare strongly advise against the use of XLT as a seat in a vehicle
if the backrest is lower than 40 cm.
Even if the Invacare Rea™products and the following rules are meant to increase safety during transport in vehicles,
injuries to passengers can still occur if an accident should happen. Invacare does not leave any
outcome of any accidents during transport of wheelchairs and users in vehicles.
7. 1 Transporting wheelchairs with users in vehicles
1.The wheelchair and user should be transported forward-
facing in the direction of travel. All auxiliary equipment
such as tables, trunk support, abduction cushion etc
should be removed and stored safely so that they do
not injure anyone during any kind of accident.
2. The wheelchair should be secured in the vehicle with
a 4-point restraint system. The user should wear a
3-point safety belt secured in the vehicle. Both the
4-point restraint system and the 3-point safety belt
should be approved according to ISO 10542-2.
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3.The tie-down points on the wheelchair where the
restraint system straps should be placed are marked
with this symbol.
4. In order to be used as a seat during transport in a
vehicle, the wheelchair must be equipped with a
pelvic belt and with anti-tippers.
Invacares original pelvic belt must be used as a
complement to the safety belt in the vehicle!
5. The vehicle's safety belt should fit as tightly across
the user's body as possible without discomfort. The
upper part of the safety belt should fit over the user's
shoulder as illustrated. No part of the safety belt must
be twisted.
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