Wheelchair carrier

• US 6,202,722 B1
• Filed: 05/03/1999
• Issued: 03/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William C. Crocker
• Original Assignee: William C. Crocker
• Inventors: Crocker, William C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Weaver, Sue A.
• Application Number:
  US09/303,933
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• Field of Search: 150/154, 150/166, 150/167, 280/304.1, 280/304.5
• US Class Current: 150/154
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/0816 folding side to side, e.g. reducing or expanding the overall width of the wheelchair
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/0883 having locking means for maintaining a folded or unfolded condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/10 Parts, details or accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/1054 Large wheels, e.g. higher than the seat portion

Abstract

A carrier for a collapsed wheelchair which allows a disabled person and persons of small stature to enclose and secure the collapsed wheelchair within the carrier and to lift and move the collapsed wheelchair with minimum ease. The carrier comprises a top and end panel member secured to a front panel and a rear panel to form a generally rectangular inverted housing with an opened bottom. An opened seam is formed adjacent the open bottom of the housing for receiving a drawstring which can be drawn to secure the collapsed wheelchair within the carrier.

Claims

1. A carrier for a collapsed wheeled device, the device including a seat, a back, a pair of side arms, a pair of handles, a pair of foot members, and at least two wheels extending from each side arm in spaced relation to each other, the carrier comprising:

a top and end panel including a first end section having a first seam therein, an intermediate section and a second end section;

a front panel including a lower section having a second seam therein in communication with said first seam in said first end section of said top and end panel;

a rear panel including a lower section having a third seam therein in communication with said first seam in said first end section of said top and end panel;

means associated with said first, second and third seams for securing the collapsed wheeled device within the carrier, said means includes a drawstring within said first, second and third seams; and

a first strap anchored to said top and end panel and a second strap anchored to said front panel to aid in the lifting and movement of the carrier and collapsed wheeled device.

2. A carrier for a collapsed wheeled device as set forth in claim 1 wherein a hump is formed in said top and end panel for receiving the handles of the wheeled device.

3. A carrier for a collapsed wheeled device as set forth in claim 2 wherein said means for securing said wheeled device within the carrier further includes a panel secured to said second end section of said top and end panel for providing a fourth seam in communication with said first, second and third seams and pair of lock means for keeping said drawstring tight when the wheeled device is secured within the carrier.

4. A carrier for a collapsed wheeled device as set forth in claim 5 wherein each of said first and second end sections of said top and end panel includes a lower edge for engaging the wheels of the wheeled device for retaining and securing the wheeled device within the carrier.

5. A carrier for a wheeled device as set forth in claim 1 wherein a third strap is anchored to said rear panel to aid in the lifting and movement of the carrier and collapsed wheeled device.

6. A carrier for a wheeled devise as set forth in claim 1 wherein said carrier further includes means for holding the foot members of the wheeled device when the wheeled device is in a collapsed, stored, condition.

7. A cover for a collapsible wheeled device, the device including a body, a pair of handles, 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 top member;

a first end section having a first seam therein;

a second end section having a pair of openings therein;

a front panel including a lower section having a second seam therein;

a rear panel including a lower section having a third seam therein;

means for securing said top member to said first end section, said second section, said front panel and said rear panel;

means for securing said first end section to said front panel and said rear panel;

means for securing said second end section to said front panel and said rear panel; and

means associated with said first, second and third seams for securing the collapsible wheeled device within the cover.

8. A cover for a collapsible wheeled device as set forth in claim 7 wherein said means for securing the collapsible wheeled device within the cover includes a drawstring within said first, second and third seams.

9. A cover for a collapsible wheeled device as set forth in claim 8 wherein a first strap is anchored to said top member and a second strap is anchored to said front panel to aid in the lifting and movement of the cover and collapsible wheeled device.

10. A cover for a collapsible wheeled device as set forth in claim 9 wherein a hump is formed in said top member for receiving the handles of the wheeled device.

11. A cover for a collapsible wheeled device as set forth in claim 10 wherein said means for securing said wheeled device within the cover further includes a panel secured to said second end section for providing a fourth seam in communication with said first, second and third seams and pair of lock means for keeping said drawstring tight when the wheeled device is secured within the cover.

12. A cover for a collapsible wheeled device as set forth in claim 11 wherein each of said first and second end sections includes a lower edge for engaging the wheels of the wheeled device for retaining and securing the wheeled device within the cover.

13. A cover for a wheeled device as set forth in claim 12 wherein a third strap is anchored to said rear panel to aid in the lifting and movement of the cover and collapsible wheeled device.

14. A cover for a collapsed wheeled device, the device including a body, a pair of handles, and at least two wheels extending from the lower portion of the body in spaced relation to each other, the cover comprising:

a top and end panel including a first end section having a first seam therein, an intermediate section and a second end section;

a front panel including a lower section having a second seam therein in communication with and in horizontal alignment with said first seam in said first end section of said top and end panel;

a rear panel including a lower section having a third seam therein in communication with and in horizontal alignment with said first seam in said first end section of said top and end panel;

means associated with said first, second, and third seams for securing the collapsed wheeled device within the cover, said means includes a drawstring within said first, second and third seams; and

at least one strap anchored to said cover to aid in the lifting and movement of the cover and collapsed wheeled device.

15. A cover for a collapsible wheeled device as set forth in claim 14 wherein said second end section of said top and end panel has a pair of openings therein which are in substantial horizontal alignment with said first, second and third seams and disposed for receiving said drawstring and wherein said means for securing said wheeled device within the cover further includes a panel superimposed over and secured to a portion of said second end section for providing a fourth seam in communication with said first, second and third seams and a pair of lock means for keeping said drawstring tight when the wheeled device is secured within the cover.

16. A cover for a wheeled device as set forth in claim 15 wherein said fourth seam is in vertical alignment with said openings in said second end section and wherein at least one additional strap is anchored to the cover to aid in the lifting and movement of the cover and collapsible wheeled device.

17. A cover for a collapsible wheeled device as set forth in claim 14 wherein each of said first and second sections includes a lower edge for engaging the wheels of the wheeled device for retaining and securing the wheeled device within the cover.