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An accessory case including a generally rectangular, box-like container having a hinged cover for mounting on the arm rest of a wheel chair. The case has a bottom wall having a forward position generally parallel to the cover, a rear portion which is canted or angled rearwardly and upwardly toward t

An accessory case including a generally rectangular, box-like container having a hinged cover for mounting on the arm rest of a wheel chair. The case has a bottom wall having a forward position generally parallel to the cover, a rear portion which is canted or angled rearwardly and upwardly toward the cover generally. The case is mounted on the wheel chair with said cover approximately at the level of the arm rest, and with said canted portion of the bottom wall spaced from the wheel chair drive ring leaving same free to be manipulated. Structure is provided on the cover for signalling a distress signal and which is situated for convenient opening of the cover by a wheel chair occupant. An interior partition arrangement for the case within convenient reach of the chair occupant is provided.

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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;

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. An accessory case for 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 outward from the frame, the case comprising: front and rear end walls, a bottom wall, opposed side walls and a top wall interconnected together to form a covered container, the top wall being hingedly connected along one edge thereof to a top edge of one side wall, the top wall being swingable between an open position in which the top of the container is open, and a covered portion in which the top of the container is covered by the top wall; a portion of the bottom wall being angled rearwardly and upwardly relative to the remainder of the bottom wall and 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; means on the other side wall for mounting the container on the arm rest with the top wall in the closed position being substantially at the level of the arm rest and with the portion of the bottom wall above the drive wheel; and partition means connected on the interior between said side walls of the case, said partition means including two wings hingedly connected along edges thereof to the opposed side walls, the two wings being swingable around their respective hinge connections between a partition position in which the wings are fastened to one another and divide the case into two compartments and an open position in which the wings are fastened to the side walls.