Abstract: An overhead screen is provided for mounting above a wheelchair. The screen has an opaque canopy that protects the wheelchair occupant from direct sunshine as well as precipitation. The canopy is held in an extended position out over the wheelchair seat by a screen framework. The framework is releasably connected to the wheelchair by means of coupling elements, which may the form of elbows that fit telescopically over the rearwardly extending handles at the back of the wheelchair which are normally provided for the purpose of allowing a companion of the wheelchair occupant to push the wheelchair.