Accessory case for a wheel chair

Claim 1

An accessory case for use with a conventional wheel chair, the wheel chair having a frame providing a substantially horizontal arm rest and a drive wheel rotatably connected to the frame, the drive wheel including a manually rotatable ring spaced a distance from the frame outward from the arm rest; said accessory case comprising: front and rear end walls, a bottom wall, opposed side walls including an inner side wall positionable adjacent the wheel chair arm rest and an outer side wall spaced therefrom, and a top wall interconnected together to form a covered container, the top wall extending between said side walls and being hingedly connected along one edge thereof to a top edge of the outer side wall, the top wall being swingable between an open position in which the top of the container is open, and a covered position in which the top of the container is covered by the top wall with the top wall overlying the top edge of the inner side wall and defining means to enable direct access to the interior of the case by an occupant of the chair; said bottom wall including a substantially horizontal forward portion positionable generally forward of the drive wheel and a rearward portion angled upwardly and rearward relative to the forward portion to position the rearward portion in spaced overlying relation to the wheel chair drive wheel, the width of the container from side wall to side wall being less than the distance from the rotatable ring to the wheel chair frame; and fastening means on the inner side wall selectively engageable with the wheel chair for mounting the container adjacent and immediately outward of the arm rest with the top wall in the closed position being substantially at the level of the arm rest.