Cover for a wheelchair

• US 5,170,826 A
• Filed: 05/28/1991
• Issued: 12/15/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Invacare Corporation
• Original Assignee: Invacare Corporation
• Inventors: Gross, Debra S., Carstensen, Marilyn
• Primary Examiner(s): Elkins, Gary E.
• Application Number:
  US07/706,369
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 150/154, 150/158, 383/86, 280/304.1, 280/304.5
• US Class Current: 150/154
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/10 Parts, details or accessories

Abstract

A cover for a wheeled device is provided. The wheeled device includes a body and at least two wheels that extend from a lower portion of the body in spaced relation to one another for supporting and transporting the body. The cover itself comprises a hood portion adapted for receipt over the body. Specifically, the hood portion comprises an upper end and at least two sides extending from the upper end. The sides define an opening opposite the upper end through which the body is received. A flap member extends from a first side of the hood portion and is adapted for wrapping receipt across a portion of the opening to be matingly received on a surface of the second side of the hood portion.

Claims

1. A cover for a wheeled device, the device including a body and at least two wheels extending from a lower portion of the body in spaced relation to one another for supporting and transporting the body, the cover comprising:

a hood portion adapted for receipt over said body, the hood portion comprising an upper end and at least two sides extending from said upper end, the sides defining an opening opposite the upper end through which the body is received; and

a flap member extending from said first side of the hood portion, the flap member adapted for wrapping receipt across a portion of the opening so as to be matingly received on an outer surface of said second side of the hood portion, the flap member further adapted to permit the wheels of the wheeled device to extend through the opening.

2. A cover for a wheeled device, including a body and at least two wheels extending from a lower portion of the body in spaced relation to one another for supporting and transporting the body, the cover comprising;

a hood portion adapted for receipt over said body, the hood portion comprising an upper end and at least two sides extending from said upper end, the sides defining an opening opposite the upper end through which the body is received;

a flap member extending from said first side of the hood portion, the flap member adapted for wrapping receipt across a portion of the opening to be matingly received on an outer surface of said second side of the hood portion; and

a first handle member extending from the flap member such that when the flap member is secured on the outer surface of the second side of the hood portion the handle extends beyond an upper surface of the hood portion.

3. A cover for a wheeled device, as set forth in claim 2, wherein the width of the flap member is less than the width of the opening defined by the hood.

4. A cover for a wheeled device, as set forth in claim 2, further including a fastening means for securing the flap onto the outer surface of the second side of the hood portion.

5. A cover for a wheeled device, as set forth in claim 2, wherein a second handle member extends from the first side of the hood portion and extends above the upper surface in parallel relation with the first handle member.

6. A cover for a wheeled device, the device including a body and at least two wheels extending from a lower portion of the body in spaced relation to one another for supporting and transporting the body, the cover comprising:

a hood portion adapted for receipt over said body, the hood portion comprising an upper end and at least two sides extending from said upper end, the sides defining an opening opposite the upper end through which the body is received and through which wheels from the body project once the hood is in place over the body; and

a flap member extending from said first side of the hood portion, the flap member adapted for wrapping receipt across a portion of the opening and between the wheels to be matingly received on an outer surface of said second side of the hood portion.

7. A cover for a wheeled device, as set forth in claim 6, further including a fastening means for securing the flap onto the outer surface of the second side of the hood portion.

8. A cover for a wheeled device, as set forth in claim 6, further including a first handle member extending from the flap member such that when the flap member is secured on the outer surface of the second side of the hood portion the handle extends beyond an upper surface of the hood portion.

9. A cover for a wheeled device, as set forth in claim 8, wherein a second handle member extends from the first side of the hood portion and extends above an upper surface in parallel relation with the first handle member.

10. A cover for a wheeled device, comprising:

a hood portion including an upper end and at least two sides extending from said upper end, the sides defining an opening opposite the upper end; and

a flap member extending from said first side of the hood portion, the flap member adapted from wrapping receipt across a portion of the opening to be matingly received on an outer surface of said second side of the hood portion, wherein the width of the flap member is less than the width of the opening defined by the hood.

11. A cover for a wheeled device, as set forth in claim 10, wherein a first handle member extends from the flap member, and a second handle member extends from the first side of the hood, the first and second handle members situated in parallel relation to each other when the flap member is matingly received on the outer surface of the second side of the hood portion.