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Renewable wheelchair and gurney protection system

  • US 6,481,736 B1
  • Filed: 07/02/2001
  • Issued: 11/19/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A renewable wheelchair protection system for protecting wheelchair users against diseases transmitted by contact with wheelchair surfaces, said wheelchair protection system comprising:

  • a protector roll storage tube of split construction detachably attached to a lower portion of a wheelchair by means of a storage tube attach assembly, said storage tube having a dispensing slit; and

    a roll of impervious identical wheelchair protectors in series, one said wheelchair protector separable from the next, placed inside said storage tube, with a first wheelchair protector at a free end of said roll pulled up through said dispensing slit and out of said storage tube to cover a seat, two sides and a back of said wheelchair, said first wheelchair protector being detachably secured to said two sides and said back by wheelchair attach means;

    whereby a first wheelchair user is completely isolated from normally contacted wheelchair surfaces;

    whereby after departure of said first wheelchair user said first wheelchair protector is (a) separated from a contiguous second wheelchair protector on said roll, then (b) removed from said wheelchair by detaching said wheelchair attach means, and (c) placed in a suitable trash container;

    whereby in preparation for a second wheelchair user said second wheelchair protector is now pulled up through said dispensing slit and out of said storage tube to cover said seat, said two sides and said back of said wheelchair, said second wheelchair protector being detachably secured to said two sides and said back by said wheelchair attach means to completely isolate a second wheelchair user from normally contacted wheelchair surfaces; and

    whereby similarly a third, fourth and so on said wheelchair protector is pulled up through said dispensing slit and out of said storage tube to securely cover in a similar manner said seat, said two sides and said back of said wheelchair to completely isolate a third, fourth and so on wheelchair user from normally contacted wheelchair surfaces.

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