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Page 1: User Manual
Manual Wheelchair User Manual 3F02-INS-LAB-RevD13 © 2009 GF Health Products, Inc. Read this manual before operating your wheelchair. Save this manual for future use. The most current version of this manual can be found online at www.grahamfield.com. -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION.................3 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ........5 3 GETTING STARTED ..............8 4 HANDLING TIPS ................9 5 ADJUSTMENTS ...............13 6 TRANSPORTING OR STORING THE TRAVELER L4 ....25 7 MAINTENANCE ...............27 8 TROUBLESHOOTING ...............32 9 LIMITED WARRANTY ..............33 10 INDEX ..................35 GF Health Products, Inc. is not responsible for typographical errors. All illustrations, specifications, packaging and warranties contained in this document are based on the latest product information available at the time of printing. -
Page 3: Introduction
When it comes to service and repair, remember that your Graham-Field authorized distributor knows your wheelchair best. Thank you for choosing an Everest & Jennings product. The Traveler L4 is a manual, folding, lightweight wheelchair, suitable for frequent users who require a lightweight, portable wheelchair, fitted to their anatomy, without the need of customization or alteration to the center of gravity. - Page 4 wheelchair will be used, and the terrain over which the wheelchair will travel. We recommend the use of anti-tippers at all times. WARNING: When wheelchair is in use, anti-tippers must be installed in the downward position. Please note the following special statements, used throughout this manual, and their significance: WARNING: Indicates a potential hazard situation or unsafe practice that, if not avoided, could result in death or serious personal injury. CAUTION: Indicates a potential hazard situation or unsafe practice that, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate personal injury.
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Page 5: Important Safety Precautions
Protect yourself and your wheelchair by having your Traveler L4 serviced regularly. Whenever any part of your Traveler L4 is not functioning properly, contact your Graham-Field authorized distributor immediately, as a hazardous situation could result, causing personal injury or damage to your wheelchair. - Page 6 WARNING: This wheelchair does not offer seating or occupant restraint equivalent to the seat provided in a motor vehicle! To increase your safety while traveling in a motor vehicle, always transfer to the vehicle seat and use the restraint provided by the vehicle manufacturer. WARNING: Do not tie down or attach anything to the wheels. This could cause tipping and possibly result in injury or damage to the wheelchair. WARNING: The footplates' lowest point should clear the ground by at least 2 inches, to permit proper clearance of potential obstruction. WARNING: Doing a “wheelie” (tilting the wheelchair backward until it reaches its balance point) is dangerous and could result in personal injury to the user. WARNING: Do not stand or step on the footplates while transferring to or from your wheelchair. This could cause the wheelchair to tip or may cause personal injury or damage to your wheelchair. WARNING: Do not place your hands between seat rail and side panel. WARNING: Always engage wheel locks before transferring, using a wheelchair lift or using an elevator. WARNING: Ensure that wheelchair is on a stable, level surface and engage wheel locks before and during transfer. WARNING: Operate only with anti-tippers in place when leaning or tipping. When wheelchair is in use, anti-tippers must be installed in the downward position. WARNING: Do not lean over the top of the wheelchair back. This could cause the wheelchair to tip over. WARNING: To reduce the risk of tipping before leaning or reaching forward, sit back in the seat and rotate casters fully toward front of wheelchair. WARNING: Unauthorized modification or the use of non- Everest & Jennings replacement parts could change the structure of the wheelchair, void the warranty, and create a hazardous condition resulting in serious personal injury. 3F02-INS-LAB-RevD13 • Traveler L4 User Manual...
- Page 7 WARNING: Do not lean on this wheelchair or use it as a walker—these are practices which could result in loss of balance and personal injury. WARNING: Do not use your wheelchair on escalators. WARNING: Wheel locks are not brakes. Do not use the wheel locks to slow down your wheelchair, or while the wheelchair is moving. Wheel locks are only intended to keep the wheelchair in place when it is at a complete stop. WARNING: Notice for California Customers- California Proposition 65 WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer and reproductive or developmental harm. WARNING: GF Health Products, Inc. specifically disclaims responsibility for any personal injury or property damage which may occur during any use which does not comply with federal, state, or local laws or ordinances. 3F02-INS-LAB-RevD13 • Traveler L4 User Manual...
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Page 8: Getting Started
3 GETTING STARTED Please familiarize yourself with main components, identified in Traveler L4 illustration below. back upholstery push handle/ back post armpad rear wheel seat upholstery footrest handrim anti-tipper wheel lock crossbrace footplate frame caster housing caster fork caster wheel 3F02-INS-LAB-RevD13 • Traveler L4 User Manual... -
Page 9: Handling Tips
However, it is possible to tip the Traveler L4 over if it is used improperly. We urge you to learn the characteristics of your wheelchair. - Page 10 REACHING / BENDING WARNING: Always turn the casters frontward to provide stability while reaching. If in doubt, ask for assistance or use a device that will extend your reach without requiring you to shift your weight. Although it is not recommended, you may find it occasionally necessary to lean or reach from your wheelchair. Consult with your healthcare professional for assistance in developing your personal safe reaching or moving techniques suited to your ability and restrictions. Forward or sideward WARNING: Do not attempt to reach objects if you are required to move forward in the seat. Do not attempt to retrieve objects...
- Page 11 RAMPS AND INCLINES WARNING: During descent, the footplates' lowest point should be no closer to the ground than 2 inches to permit proper clearance. WARNING: Do not attempt inclines without anti-tippers installed in the downward position. Do not attempt any incline or decline of more than 6 degrees (10% grade, or one foot of rise or fall per ten feet of ramp length). WARNING: Do not use wheel locks to slow your descent. Attempting to use wheel locks is likely to result in accidental locking that could cause the wheelchair to stop abruptly, suddenly pitch forward, or tip sideways. WARNING: Avoid changing direction while descending a ramp or incline, as this could cause instability. Most people are capable of negotiating short inclines without assistance, depending upon upper body strength, endurance, and the degree of incline. Know your own capabilities and limitations in terms of strength and endurance before attempting to negotiate an incline or decline.
- Page 12 CURBS AND STEPS Curbs, steps and stairways are dangerous obstacles that confront the wheelchair user. When you encounter curbs, find a way around, or use the ramps now available in most locations. If you encounter steps and there is no ramp available, avoid the steps by utilizing the disabled designated elevators now required in most locations.
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Page 13: Adjustments
5 ADJUSTMENTS The Traveler L4 offers several adjustments to make it easier and more comfortable to drive. Section 7, MAINTENANCE, offers preventive maintenance suggestions for keeping your wheelchair in excellent condition; ensure that all components are in excellent condition before adjusting. The following are recommended methods; after a few adjustments, you may develop your own. - Page 14 REAR WHEEL — STANDARD THREADED AXLE We recommend that you do not replace or adjust standard threaded-axle rear wheel components yourself, since special tools and training are required. Please contact your Graham-Field authorized distributor when standard rear wheels with standard threaded axles need adjustment. REAR WHEEL — OPTIONAL QUICK-RELEASE AXLE see Axle Detail quick-release axle...
- Page 15 Install rear wheel — optional quick-release axle Depress the quick-release push button in the rear wheel hub and insert into axle sleeve. WARNING: When reassembling the wheelchair after removing the rear wheels, ensure the rear axles are locked in place (check that locking buttons extend completely, and rear wheels spin freely but can't be pulled off), to prevent wheels from falling off. WARNING: Perform your rear wheel and caster adjustments in accordance with the instructions in this manual — failure to do so could create a hazardous situation, or a situation in which the caster housings are not perpendicular to the ground, making steering difficult. WARNING: Wheel locks may no longer fit after adjusting rear wheel height. See wheel lock adjustment section to adapt wheel locks to fit after adjusting rear wheel height. WARNING: Anti-tipper height may not be appropriate after adjusting rear wheel height. See anti-tipper adjustment section to adapt anti-tipper rollers to fit after adjusting rear wheel height. 3F02-INS-LAB-RevD13 • Traveler L4 User Manual...
- Page 16 CASTERS Adjust caster mounting position " wrenches Using the correct combination of rear axle mounting position and caster mounting position maintains the correct alignment of the wheelchair. As shown at right, the caster axle is mounted in the caster axle caster axle bottom caster fork hole for 20" seat mounting position mounting position 20"...
- Page 17 ANTI-TIPPERS Adjust anti-tipper roller position locking roller tube Anti-tippers must be mounted button anti-tipper tube in the appropriate position for each seat height. As shown at right, the anti-tipper locking button protrudes from the top roller tube hole for 20" seat height, and from the bottom anti-tipper position anti-tipper position 20"...
- Page 18 ARMS All Traveler L4 arms feature the flip-back latch (see picture). Flip arm back latch 1. Press top of latch against arm and lift arm up out of socket. 2. Swing arm up and back. Lock arm socket Push front of arm down into socket flip arm back...
- Page 19 FRONT RIGGING FOOTREST—DETACHABLE, SWINGAWAY WARNING: The footplates' lowest point should be no closer to the ground than 2 inches, to permit proper clearance. WARNING: Do not stand on the footplates; this could cause the wheelchair to tip. Remove footrest 1. To release lock, pull swingaway release lever hinge plate forward, toward front of wheelchair. Footrest will swing outward. swingaway release lever 2. To remove, lift footrest straight up off wheelchair hinge pins. Attach footrest 1.
- Page 20 Adjust footplate extension length 1. See picture at right. Loosen latch to free footplate extension inside hanger. locking button 2. Press down on the hanger locking button and adjustment adjust the footplate holes to the desired length. Ensure that the locking latch footplate button is completely extended and securely fastened in the...
- Page 21 ELEVATING LEGREST—DETACHABLE, SWINGAWAY WARNING: The footplates' lowest point should be no closer to the ground than 2 inches, to permit proper clearance. WARNING: Do not stand on the footplates; this could cause the wheelchair to tip. Remove elevating legrest 1. To release lock, pull swingaway release hinge plate lever forward, toward front of wheelchair. Legrest will swing swingaway outward. release lever 2. To remove, lift legrest straight up off wheelchair hinge pins. Attach elevating legrest 1.
- Page 22 ADJUST LEGREST ELEVATION CAUTION: It is possible to RAISE the elevating legrest without moving the legrest release lever. As a safety feature, however, in order to LOWER the elevating legrest you must move the legrest release lever. This is to prevent the legrest from accidentally dropping while the user’s leg is elevated. WARNING: Ensure elevating legrests are locked in place before occupying or operating wheelchair. Raise elevating legrest Slowly rotate the legrest up to the desired position. Ensure elevating legrest is locked in position. legrest release lever Lower elevating legrest 1. To allow the elevating legrest to lower without dropping suddenly, support its weight and move the release lever forward.
- Page 23 Adjust legrest footplate extension length See Adjust footplate extension length in Footrest—Detachable, Swingaway section. CROSSBRACES Tighten crossbraces M13 wrench, M6 hex key Check the crossbraces to ensure that the bolt and nut securing both crossbraces in the center of the wheelchair are secure (crossbraces should be loose enough to fold easily, yet snug enough to take up excess play).
- Page 24 WHEEL LOCKS Adjust wheel locks M11 wrench right rear wheel 1. Use an M11 wrench to wheel lock loosen the adjustment adjustment bolt bolt until the wheel lock right front frame slides on the frame. 2. Place the wheel lock in the locked position and slide it into contact with the tire.
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Page 25: Transporting Or Storing The Traveler L4
The Traveler L4 can easily be folding for transport or storage: 1. Detach front rigging from wheelchair. 2. Remove the seat cushion, if so equipped. 3. Fold the wheelchair: pull up sharply on the seat sling at front and rear center at the same time. - Page 26 REASSEMBLY 1. Push down with even pressure on seat rails on both sides. WARNING: Do not place your hand between seat rail and side panel. 2. Push again if seat tubes are not positioned directly upon front seat rail / arm cradles as shown below (arm not shown). right front seat rail right front seat rail seat rail &...
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Page 27: Maintenance
Periodic inspection, adjustment, and replacement of worn parts will provide many years of superb performance. When you believe that a component or part of your Traveler L4 is not functioning properly, contact your Graham-Field authorized distributor immediately, as a potentially hazardous condition could result. - Page 28 MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE Procedure Perform at least every Week Month 3 Months 6 Months Check tire wear ✔ Check handrims ✔ Check wheel lock engagement ✔ Check anti-tippers (optional) ✔ Wipe off frame with soft cloth ✔ Check handgrips ✔ Check upholstery ✔...
- Page 29 Check tire wear Examine tires at least once a week for surface wear and cracks and replace them as needed. Replace polyurethane tires when they become loose on the rims or cracks appear. Check handrims Check handrims at least once a week. Inspect each handrim for rough or sharp edges and, if any are found, replace handrims immediately.
- Page 30 Check upholstery Check upholstery at least once a month. Inspect for rips, tears and worn spots. Ensure that all upholstery-attaching screws are present, properly aligned, and well-secured. Use a Phillips screwdriver to tighten upholstery mounting screws. Check attaching screws for sharp edges or stripped screws, and replace if found.
- Page 31 Check footrests & elevating legrests Check footrests and legrests at least once a month. Inspect the locking mechanisms to confirm sure fit. Check for cracks, burrs, or sharp edges, and replace if found. Ensure that the footrest or legrest will automatically lock securely in place and will not accidentally unlock. If equipped with heel loops, ensure the anchor bolts are tight and secure.
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Page 32: Troubleshooting
8 TROUBLESHOOTING Continual use of your Traveler L4 necessitates maintenance, especially if the factory-set adjustments have been altered. The following troubleshooting guide lists several common problems that may occur, and offers corrective actions for each. If you are unsure of the solution or unable to diagnose the problem, do not hesitate to ask your Graham-Field authorized distributor for assistance. -
Page 33: Limited Warranty
9 LIMITED WARRANTY SCOPE OF WARRANTY GF Health Products, Inc. (“GF”) warrants to the original purchaser only that it will replace or repair components, at GF’s sole discretion, that are defective in material or workmanship under normal use and service. All warranties are conditioned upon the proper use of the products strictly in accordance with good commercial practice and applicable GF instructions and manuals, including proper use and maintenance. - Page 34 ENTIRE WARRANTY, EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES DISCLAIMER THIS WARRANTY IS GF’S ONLY WARRANTY AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. GF MAKES NO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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Page 35: Index
10 INDEX Install rear wheel — quick-release Adjustments 13 axle (optional) 15 Anti-tippers, check 29 Introduction 3 Arm, flip back 18 Arm height, adjust 18 Maintenance 27 Arm, lock 18 Arms, check 30 NOTICE statement, significance 4 Backposts, check 30 Ramps and Inclines 11 Balance 9 Reaching / bending 10 Rear wheel adjustment, check 30 Caster stems, check 31 Rear wheel quick-release axle, install (optional) 15 CAUTION statement, significance 4 Rear wheel quick-release axle, remove Cleaning your Traveler L4 31 (optional) 14 Crossbraces, tighten 23 Rear wheels 13 Curbs and steps 12 Safety precautions 5 Elevating legrest, attach 21 Storing the Traveler L4 25 Elevating legrest elevation, adjust 22 Elevating legrest, lower 22 Tires, check 29 Elevating legrest, raise 22 Tools, for adjustment, list 13 Elevating legrest, remove 21 Tools, for maintenance, list 28 Elevating legrest—detachable, Transfer activities 9 swingaway 21 Elevating legrest elevation, adjust 22 Transporting the Traveler L4 25 Traveler L4, illustration 8... - Page 36 Manufactured for: GF Health Products, Inc. 2935 Northeast Parkway Atlanta, Georgia 30360 USA tel: 770-368-4700 fax: 770-368-2386 www.grahamfield.com Made in China...
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