Operating instructions

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4.3

Downstairs (the single step switch is not activated)

Before each climbing process there must be a

performance check (see chapter 3.3)

When you climb downstairs, you also need to remove the

wheels of your wheelchair (see chapter 3.4).

Then do as follows:

· Push the direction of travel switch [22] forwards (also

see chapter 2.1)

· If you have not done so already,

turn on the scalamobil

by pressing the On/Off button [3].

· Align all four wheels of the scalamobil by pushing the

driving switch [2].

· Adjust the handlebars to breast height of the person

operating the scalamobil. (also see chapter 3.5).

· Tilt the scalamobil with the attached wheelchair toward

you and balance it out.

· You have reached an ideal position when you hardly feel

any pressure forward or backward accordingly.

Once you have reached the top of the stairs, pull the

scalamobil plus wheelchair as far back that the wheelchair’s

front wheels are securely on the floor. In no instance are

they to jut out of the step’s edge!

The wheels of the scalamobil are now in parallel position.

In this combination, scalamobil plus wheelchair, you may

cross short distances within your house. However, for further

distances or for use outside, we recommend that you attach

the wheelchair’s big wheels (see chapter 3.6).

When the scalamobil is attached to the wheelchair, the

center of gravity of the whole mechanism shifts backward.

Thus, before the patient gets out of the wheelchair either

remove the scalamobil or by pushing the driving switch [2]

advance the outer wheels [17a] until they touch the floor

to function as an additional support.

While you use the scalamobil on stairs you need

to make sure that the wheelchair driver sits

upright and leans on the wheelchair’s back. He

further needs to put his feet on the foot rests.