Patent ID: 7121572

Claim:
A foot stabilizer assembly for attachment to a wheelchair foot plate comprising: (a) a foot stabilizer having a covering sized to be positioned over the front portion of a foot on the wheelchair foot plate; (b) a heel guard having an arcuate-shaped plate with its concave side positioned to face the back of a heel of the foot on the wheelchair foot plate; and (c) a stabilizer attaching assembly comprising a rear bracket member having an attachment portion for detachably engaging a rearward edge of the wheelchair foot plate a front bracket member having an attachment portion for detachably engaging a forward edge of the wheelchair foot plate, the front bracket member being separated from the rear bracket member and a connector attachable to the rear bracket member and the front bracket member to reduce the separation between the rear bracket member and the front bracket member so as to draw the attachment portions of the bracket members into engagement with the edges of the wheelchair footplate and thereby secure the stabilizer attaching assembly to the wheelchair foot plate.