Patent ID: 8882129

Claim:
A leg support assembly for use with a wheelchair, the wheelchair including a frame, a seat assembly coupled to the frame, and a pair of legs extending outwardly from the frame, the pair of legs including a first leg and a second leg spaced a distance from the first leg such that a gap is defined therebetween, the leg support assembly comprising: a support member comprising a first end and a second end, the first end removably coupled to the first leg, the second end removably coupled to the second leg, the support member comprising a flexible substrate material extending across the leg gap to prevent a patient seated in the wheelchair from entering the gap, the flexible substrate material including a first sidewall, a second sidewall that is coupled to the first sidewall with a thread that is stitched through the first and the second sidewalls along a perimeter of the support member, and a hydrophobic coating that is applied across at least a portion of the first and the second sidewalls; and at least one fastening assembly coupled to the support member to facilitate coupling the support member to the wheelchair.