Aaron Chipiu Chan

US Patent:

6481736, Nov 19, 2002

Filed:

Jul 2, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/898767

Inventors:

Aaron Chan - Northridge CA 91326

International Classification:

A47G 900

US Classification:

2802884, 297229, 5487

Abstract:

A renewable protection system protects wheelchair and gurney users against diseases due to contacting contaminated surfaces with impervious sheet protectorsâpaper or plasticâcovering all contact surfaces. Identical protectors separated by perforations form a roll from which they are detached for each successive user. The roll is placed in an openable storage tube with a protector dispensing slit. The storage tube is mounted detachably on wheelchair or gurney bottom frame bars. For a wheelchair, the protector is cruciform, with the crosspiece forming flaps extending over the sides of the wheelchair, and the longitudinal strip extending over the top of the back of the wheelchair. Four detachable adhesive stickers secure the protector to the wheelchair at the back and sides. For a gurney the protector has the width of the gurney platform and a length extending to the top of the headrest, to which the protector is attached by an open pocket.