PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem associated with a conventional chair for medical examination that although a doctor can carry out a medical interview, a medical examination and a treatment without moving a patient, a backrest supporting the back of the patient becomes an obstacle when the doctor tries to perform auscultation, ocular inspection, and percussion of the back of the patient because the backrest is fixed to the chair.SOLUTION: The chair for the medical examination comprises: a vertically movable seat part 3 a backrest 5 which has a backrest raising means storable within the lower part of the back of the seat part and rises and falls in accordance with rising and lowering of the seat part and a leg rest 7 which rises and falls in accordance with rising and lowering of the seat part. The chair shifts its states among a state where the backrest is stored within the lower part of the back of the seat part, a chair state where the backrest is raised by the backrest raising means, and a bed state where the seat is raised while the backrest and the leg rest are laid flat.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】 従来における診察用の椅子にあっては、患者が移動しなくとも問診から診察や治療を行うことが可能であるが、椅子状態では背凭れが固定されているため、医師による患者の背中の聴診・視診・打診を行おうとした場合には、患者の背中を支える背凭れが邪魔となって行うことができないといった問題があった。【解決手段】 昇降自在な座部3と、座部後方下部に収容可能とする背凭れ昇降手段を備え、かつ前記座部の昇降に伴って起伏する背凭れ5と、前記座部の昇降に伴って起伏するレッグレスト7とを具備し、前記背凭れを座部後方下部に収容した状態と、前記背凭れを前記背凭れ昇降手段によって上昇させた椅子状態と、前記座部が上昇して前記背凭れとレッグレストを伏倒させベッド状態に変移することを特徴とする医療用診察椅子である。【選択図】 図6
