Wheelchair Cover

• US 20120019031A1
• Filed: 07/21/2010
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gregory Robert Bessert
• Original Assignee: Gregory Robert Bessert
• Inventors: Bessert, Gregory Robert
• Application Number:
  US12/841,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20120019031A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/219.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2013/15056 for the protection for furniture, e.g. car seats, chairs, beds
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/10 Parts, details or accessories

Abstract

A cover for a wheelchair seat located between left and right handle bars of the wheelchair where the cover has a seat portion with a front to back dimension which is at least equal to the depth of the seat of the wheelchair and a side to side width dimension which is at least equal to the width of the seat of the wheelchair and twice the distance from the top of the wheelchair handle bars down to the wheelchair seat. A first set of openings is located at the left front of the seat portion for receiving the left handle bar of the wheelchair; and a second set of openings is located at the right front of the seat portion for receiving the left handle bar of the wheelchair.

Claims

1. A cover for a wheelchair seat located between left and right handle bars of the wheelchair comprising:

a seat portion for covering the seat of the wheelchair having a front to back dimension which is at least equal to the depth of the seat of the wheelchair and a side to side width dimension which is at least equal to the width of the seat of the wheelchair and twice the distance from the top of the wheelchair handle bars down to the wheelchair seat;

a first set of openings located at the left front of the seat portion for receiving the left handle bar of the wheelchair; and

a second set of openings located at the right front of the seat portion for receiving the left handle bar of the wheelchair.

2. The cover of claim 1 wherein the first and second sets of openings are randomly located at the right and left front of the seat portion.

3. The cover of claim 2 wherein the seat portion is made of biodegradable and recycled material.

4. The cover of claim 3 wherein the seat portion is made of paper or combination laminates.

5. The cover of claim 3 wherein the seat portion is made of plastic or combination laminates.

6. The cover of claim 3 wherein the first and second sets of openings are circular.

7. The cover of claim 3 wherein the first and second sets of openings are square.

8. The cover of claim 3 wherein the first and second sets of openings are rectangular.

9. The cover of claim 3 wherein the first and second sets of openings are circular.

10. The cover of claim 3 wherein the first and second sets of openings are push out perforated circles.

11. The cover of claim 3 wherein the openings of each set of openings are randomly located.

12. The cover of claim 3 wherein the locations of the openings in the first set of openings are mirror images of the locations of the openings in the second set of openings.

13. The cover of claim 3 wherein wings are located on each side of the seat portion for folding over the left and right handle bars of the wheelchair.

14. The cover of claim 3 wherein the seat portion is colored.

15. The cover of claim 3 wherein a seat back portion is attached to the back of the seat portion to provide a cover for the back of the wheelchair and a flap portion is attached to the seat back portion that fits over the top of the wheelchair back to hold the seat back portion against the back of the wheelchair.

16. The cover of claim 15 wherein the flap portion has a distinctive color or a sign to indicate the destination of a person in the wheelchair.

17. The cover of claim 3 wherein the seat portion is coated or impregnated with an antimicrobial agent.

18. A method of covering a wheelchair seat located between left and right handle bars of the wheelchair comprises:

providing a seat portion for covering the seat of the wheelchair having a front to back dimension which is at least equal to the depth of the seat of the wheelchair and a side to side width dimension which is at least equal to the width of the seat of the wheelchair and twice the distance from the top of the wheelchair handle bars down to the wheelchair seat;

providing a first set of openings located at the left front of the seat portion for receiving the left handle bar of the wheelchair; and

a second set of openings located at the right front of the seat portion for receiving the left handle bar of the wheelchair.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the first and second sets of openings are randomly located at the right and left front of the seat portion.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the seat portion is made of biodegradable and recycled material.