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Occupant restraints
1.
The rail will have been installed in the vehicle in accordance with our own and the vehicle
converter’s instruction. Position the wheelchair within the vehicle as required.
2.
Wheelchair tie-downs (not supplied with these restraints) should be fitted first to secure
the wheelchair, before any occupant restraint is fitted.
3.
Fit the shoulder belt ATF (aluminium track fitting) into the rail by aligning the ATF feet
with the cut-out sections of the rail, (Fig. 2). The inertia reel should be mounted at an
angle of 90/90° as viewed in 2 planes to the road level, (Fig. 1).
4.
Press on the ribbed part of the ATF, (Fig. 2A), push firmly in the direction of the rail until
the yellow plunger drops and locks into the rail. (T-bolts will have been fitted to 40Nm)
5.
Position the third point ATF fixing into the cant rail, (Fig. 1B), so that it is vertically above
the inertia reel casing fixed onto the floor fixing. Install the third point ATF as per point 4.
(T-bolts will have been fitted to 40Nm)
6. Once installed check the free running of the webbing into, and out of, the inertia reel and
check the ’lock up’ facility of the reel by engaging a short tug at various intervals along
the extension and retraction of the webbing in and out of the reel. Disconnect buckles,
(Fig. 1D & E), from fixed tongues (Fig. 1F & G).
7. Adjust the drop link position at or above the shoulder height to comfortably suit the user,
(Fig. 1C), and draw the running Buckle, (Fig. 1D), across the occupant, through the furthest
arm of the wheelchair and connect to the wheelchair retractors tongue, (Fig. 3), to form a
diagonal belt.
8. Pass the buckle, (Fig. 1E), through the near arm of the wheelchair and connect it to the
wheelchair retractors tongue bracket (Fig. 3) forming the complete lap and diagonal.
The lap belt anchor points should be positioned to achieve belt angles of 30° or more to
the horizontal and preferably between 45° and 75° in order to fit low across the pelvis
reducing the possibility of the belt loading the abdomen, (Fig 4).
9. The pelvic restraint is designed to bear upon the bony structure of the body and should
be worn low across the front of the pelvis with any junctions between the pelvic and
shoulder restraints located near the wearers hips.
Removing the TOR WAV
Occupant Belt
1.
Unfasten the buckles,
remove the occupant
restraint and let the
webbing retract back
into the housing.
2. Fit running buckle, (Fig.
1D), into the 3rd point
tongue, (Fig. 1F), and
fixed buckle, (Fig. 1E),
into the reel’s tongue,
(Fig. 1G).
Fit and use
TOR WAV Occupant Belt
Rail
