PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wheelchair which provides an excellent sitting feeling, improving a design property and makes it possible to easily fold a sitting seat.SOLUTION: For the sitting seat 10, a seat-lifting part 15 is formed in a bag shape on the center part upper surface of a seat main body part 11. A cylindrical part 12 to which a round bar member is to be inserted is formed at both end parts of the seat main body part 11, and an opened hollow wall part 111 is formed at the seat main body part 11 facing the seat-lifting part 15. The seat-lifting part 15 is provided with a lifting main body part 16 covering the hollow wall part 111 and a folding part 17 folded over from the front end part of the lifting main body part 16 to the rear part. A first opening 161 to which a hand can be inserted from the front is formed between the front end part of the lifting main body part 16 and the seat main body part 11, and a second opening 171 to which a hand can be inserted from the back is formed between the folding part 17 and the lifting main body part 16.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】座り心地がよく意匠性も向上できて、容易に座シートを折り畳むことができる車椅子を提供すること。【解決手段】座シート10は、シート本体部11の中央部上面にシート持ち上げ部15を袋状に形成する。シート本体部11の両端部には丸棒部材が挿入する筒状部12が形成され、シート持ち上げ部15に対向するシート本体部11には、開口された空壁部111を形成する。シート持ち上げ部15は、空壁部111を覆う持ち上げ本体部16と、持ち上げ本体部16の前端部から後方に向かって折り返された折り返し部17とを有する。持ち上げ部本体部16の前端部とシート本体部11との間に前方から手を挿入可能な第1の開口部161を形成し、折り返し部17と持ち上げ本体部16との間に、後方から手を挿入可能な第2の開口部171を形成する。【選択図】図7