Moisture dispersing seat cover for a wheelchair

A cover for a wheelchair seat is made from a cloth having a first ply of wicking material for drawing moisture that contacts the first ply away from an occupant of the wheelchair and a second ply of absorbent material for drawing moisture out of the first ply and dispersing the drawn moisture in the second ply. The first and second plies are permanently secured in laminar relationship to each other, preferably by a hem along their perimeter. The cloth is detachably mounted on the wheelchair seat, preferably either by an elastic band positioned within the hem, the band having a length in its unstretched state which is less than the length of the hem, or by a plurality of hook-and-loop fasteners fixed in spaced apart relationship to the cloth and extending outwardly from the hem to a plurality of mating hook-and-loop fasteners fixed to the cloth proximate the hem. The elastic band mount is specially preferred for use with removable wheelchair seat cushions. The hook-and-loop mount is specially preferred for use in covering permanent seat parts of the wheelchair such as the back support. A third ply of impermeable material for preventing moisture from passing from the second ply into contact with the wheelchair surface may be disposed against the opposite side of the second ply as the first ply with all the plies being secured in laminar relationship with each other by the hem.