PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevating and lowering apparatus for a vehicle, hardly giving an unpleasant feeling to a person to be seated on a wheelchair when an elevating/lowering frame is elevated/lowered.SOLUTION: A retraction preventing belt 32 to be disposed around the backrest part 31 of the wheelchair P mounted on a mounting body, so as to receive and restrict the retraction is arranged in a state, where the belt 32 is fed from a belt winding part 33 which is arranged in the elevating/lowering frame so as to be placed in a position anterior to the existence scheduled position of the backrest part 31 in the wheelchair P and also in a horizontally outward position from a wheelchair existence scheduled space, and also in a state, where the distal end part of the belt is attached/detached to/from a connection part 34 arranged in a connection frame.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】昇降枠を昇降移動させた際に車椅子に搭乗する搭乗者に不快感を与え難い車両用昇降装置を提供する。【解決手段】載置体に載置された車椅子Pの背もたれ部31に対してその後退を受け止め規制するように巻き掛ける後退防止ベルト32が、車椅子Pの背もたれ部31の存在予定位置よりも前側で且つ車椅子存在予定空間よりも横外側に位置させる状態で昇降枠に備えさせたベルト巻取機33から繰り出される状態で、且つ、ベルト先端部を連結枠に設けた接続部34に着脱する状態で設ける。【選択図】図3