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Maxlite User Manual
Issue No: 12 | 2014
03 User Manual Contents
04 Special Notes
05 Safety Summary
07 Product Description
09 Production Identication
10 Handling Of Wheelchairs
10 Tilting
Tilting Unattended
12 Reaching, leaning & bending forward
13 Stairs
13 Tra nsfe rri ng
15 Lengthening and shorting the wheel base
15 Manoeuvring your wheelchair
16 Safety Inspection Checklist
17 Tro ubl esho oti ng / M ain ten ance
Tro ubl esho oti ng Gui de Mec han ical
Maintenance Safety Precautions
18 Suggested Maintenance Procedures
19 Procedure 1
Backrest Adjustments
Adjusting/Replacing Back Upholstery
20 Procedure 2
Seat Cushion / Sling Replacement
Seat Upholstery Replacement
21 Procedure 3
Removing & Fitting Rear Wheels
22 Procedure 4
Adjusting The Quick-Release Axle
23 Procedure 5
Replacing Hand Rims;
Tyres & Inner Tubes
24 Procedure 6
Adjusting and Replacing The Camber Bar
25 Procedure 7
Replacing Front Fork Assembly
& Castors Wheels
27 Procedure 8
Wheel Locks
Adjusting / Replacing Wheel Locks
28 Procedure 9
Foot rest
Standard Footrest Adjustment / Replacement
Installing / Adjusting Optional Angle
Adjustable Footrest
29 Procedure 10
Folding and Unfolding the backrest
31 Procedure 11
Adjusting Height Adjustable Stroller Handles:
Fold Down Pushing Handles and Screw In
Pushing Handles
32 Procedure 12
Adjust the Anti-Tipper
33 Procedure 13
Side Guards
33 Procedure 14
Straps
34 Technical
For your war ranty - see back cover
Contents
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Maxlite User Manual | Contents
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Maxlite User Manual | Product Description
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Product Description
The Max Lite manually propelled wheelchair is a classic
design suitable for a wide of users whose mobility has
been reduced or removed by a disability or chronic
illness. It is the ultimate lightweight wheelchair with
an integrated titanium camber bar and is suited to the
more experienced users looking for the lightest, high
performance daily use chair.
Smooth curves and a simplistic design are a perfect
compliment to it’s lightweight design.
The design incorporates a Titanium frame, integrated
camber bar, adjustable height titanium footrest, scissor
or push to lock brakes, adjustable tension seat sling
and backrest and calf strap all as standard, with further
options available.
The design ergonomically accommodates a wide range
of disabilities for all ages of user up to a maximum user
weight of 125kg.
Suitability is dependant upon the degree and nature of
disability and must be determined through a thorough
Client risk assessment carried out by a qualied medical
professional or RGK personnel. This wheelchair is
suitable for a means of transfer from one location to
another where physical mobility is impaired or reduced
and is not designed for any other purpose.
Consideration must be given at point of prescription
to required usage with regard to the capabilities of the
user and the environment and terrain on which the
product will be used.
The Max Lite, manufactured by RGK Wheelchairs Ltd,
is placed on the EU market, CE marked, as a Class
1 Medical Device and complies with the Essential
Requirements of the Medical Device Directive 93/42/
EEC.
By denition all wheelchairs are marketed as a
medical device where a “medical device”* means
an instrument, apparatus, appliance, material or
other article, whether used alone or in combination,
together with any software necessary for its proper
application, which-
(a) is intended by the manufacturer to be used for
human beings for the purpose of-
(i) diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or
alleviation of disease,
(ii) diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or
compensation for an injury or handicap,
(iii) investigation, replacement or modication of the
anatomy or of a physiological process, or
(iv) control of conception; and
(b) does not achieve its principal intended action
in or on the human body by pharmacological,
immunological or metabolic means, even if it is
assisted in its function by such means.
* denition taken from the Medical Devices Directive
93/42/EEC.
RGK Maxlite Manual
Propelled Wheelchair
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Maxlite User Manual | Notes
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Warranty
Chair Model: Serial No:
Please make a reference of your chair model and serial number (found on sticker on your camber bar) and quote this
whenever calling the oce regarding your chair. For example if you would like to order replacement parts; we will be able
to nd out the ones you have and also alternatives that t your chair.
Product Grouping
Maxlite
Warr anty
This warranty is extended only to the named
purchaser/user of the product. This warranty
gives you specic legal rights and you may
also have other legal rights. RGK warrants
the main frame to be free from defects in
materials and workmanship for a period of 5
years of the original purchaser/user from the
date of purchase from RGK Wheelchairs Ltd or
a dealer with a copy of the invoice required for
coverage under this warranty.
All Integrated/welded components parts
included, but limited to:
• Integrated/welded camber bars
• Integrated/welded side guards
• Integrated/welded footrest
• Integrated pushing handles
Are supplied with a 5 year warranty.
All component parts including, but not limited to:
• camber tubes • folding backrest
• pushing handles • castor forks
• anti-tippers • sideguards & armrests
• wheel components • upholstery and strapping
• wheel locks are supplied with 12 month
warranty.
All component parts including, but not limited to:
• bushings and bearings
• tyres and inner tubes
• Adjustable height footrest, if 3rd party devices
are tted. i.e. Free Wheel
• push handle grips, foam parts and plastic/
rubber coated parts are supplied without
warranty.
All components parts included, but not limited
to:
• Other 3rd part supplied equipment, either
powered assist, propulsion systems,
specialist cushions will be referred back to
the manufactures warranty period.
Expectation
If within the stated warranty period and such
product shall be proven to be defective, such
product shall be repaired or replaced at RGK’s
option and cost. This warranty does not include
any third party labour or shipping charges
incurred in the repair or replacement of any such
product. RGK’S sole obligation and your exclusive
remedy under this warranty shall be limited to
such repair or replacement.
Contact
For warranty service, please contact the dealer
from whom you purchased your RGK product.
In the event you do not receive satisfactory
warranty service, please contact RGK directly
by the methods shown below. Provide the
dealer’s name, address and the date of
purchase, indicate nature of the defect and,
if the product is serialized, indicate the serial
number. Do not return products to our factory
without our prior consent.
Limitations and Exclusions
The foregoing warranty shall not apply to serial
numbered products if the serial number has
been removed or defaced, products subjected
to negligence, accident, improper operation,
maintenance or storage, commercial or
institutional use, products modied without RGK’S
express written consent, including, but not limited
to:
• modication through the use of unauthorized
parts or attachments
• products damaged by reason of repairs made
to any component without the specic consent
of RGK
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Burntwood Industrial Estate,
Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 3JQ
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