Patent ID: 7036838

Claim:
A leg support accessory for a wheelchair having a seat supported by a wheel carriage, a back at the rear of the seat, arm support posts on opposite sides of the seat, and foot rest supports pivotable between raised and lowered positions in front of the seat, said leg support accessory comprising: a leg rest wider than the wheelchair seat; a vertical support secured at an upper end to said leg rest and including in its lower end a downwardly open recess adapted to receive said foot rest supports; first and second braces each fixed on one end to said vertical support and at the other end having an opening adapted to fixedly receive one of said arm support posts; wherein when the accessory is used with the wheelchair, said first and second braces receive arm support posts on opposite sides of the seat and said foot rest supports in a raised position are received in said vertical support recess with said leg rest supported in a substantially horizontal orientation with lateral ends extending beyond the sides of the seat.