Abstract: An accessory for a wheel chair for use by a patient seated therein and essentially a bib having a panel covering the chest and abdomen, a panel upon which the patient sits and a reduced crotch panel joining the other panels, with an absorbent pad covering the crotch panel and a unique adjustable belt to fasten the bib to the lateral upright members of the wheel chair, above the back rest of the chair, and quick attachment means for the rear lower end of the bib for connection to the standard rearwardly extending stub elements of the wheel chair frame used as pedals by attendants in tipping up the front of the wheel chair, the item being an effective patient supporting and restraining means.

Abstract: A utility security blanket for restraining a patient from throwing off the bed clothes or from getting out of bed, and as a utility blanket simultaneously functioning as a comfortable bed cover, this blanket being rectangular and provided with strong straps extending lengthwise of the blanket as well as straps extending crosswise thereof, the latter having extensions easily detached from the blanket by an attendant when not required, but ordinarily secured to the bed frame. A further feature of the blanket is that it can be opened or separated partially or end to end, by an attendant, for emergency or merely simplified release of the patient, or for providing access to the patient, without untieing the strap extensions from the bed frame, the opening being closer to one lateral edge than the other for convenience and the zipper slider being secreted under a small flap for precautionary reasons.

Abstract: A helical spring has one end extending at right angles to the axis of the spring and affixed to a support platform and another end extending at right angles to the axis and at right angles to the one end and perpendicularly to the plane of the platform. A handle is provided at the other end of the spring. A meter device is coupled to the spring at the other end thereof in a manner whereby when the handle is gripped manually and moved in a direction about the axis of the spring in a plane perpendicular to the axis the meter device indicates the force applied to the handle and therefore measures the strength of the hand and arm applying the force.