Patent ID: 6979058

Claim:
A leg support accessory for a hospital shower room chair, said chair fabricated in part of PVC pipe components and comprised of a horizontally disposed seat area having a substantially rectangular perimeter bounded by front, rear and opposed side extremities, upright members disposed at the front and rear corners of said seat area and extending to lower extremities below said seat area and upper extremities above said seat area, and a front horizontal crossbar interconnecting said front upright members below said seat area, said leg support accessory adapted to interact with either said left or right front upright member, and comprising: a) a leg rest section elongated between forward and rearward extremities, and further bounded by inner and outer parallel side extremities and upper and lower portions, b) an upper support member extending upwardly from said outer side extremity, thence extending rearwardly to releasable engagement with the associated left or right front upright member of said chair, c) a lower support member extending downwardly from said leg rest section to releasable engagement with said front horizontal crossbar, and d) abutment means extending rearwardly from said leg rest section and adapted to contact said upright member below said upper support member and in opposition thereto in a manner such that said abutment means and upper support member embrace said front upright member.