PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wheelchair for easily changing the moving direction when the width of the wheelchair is reduced by removing rear wheels.SOLUTION: The wheelchair includes a vehicle frame 1 having a seat part and a back part, a front wheel 14 which is provided at a lower part of a front end of the vehicle frame and is formed of a universal caster, a pair of rear wheels 6 detachably provided on both sides in the width direction of a rear end of the vehicle frame, and a lift-up wheel 29 which is provided at a lower part of the rear end of the vehicle frame, is elevated and lowered between a ground-contact position and a non-ground-contact position by an elevating and lowering mechanism 28, and is formed of the universal caster which supports to move the vehicle frame with the front wheel in a lowered state of the lift-up wheel in the ground-contact position.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】後輪を取り外して車幅を小さくしたときの移動方向を容易に変更できるようにした車椅子を提供することにある。【解決手段】座部及び背部を有する車体フレーム1と、車体フレームの前端部の下部に設けられた自在キャスタからなる前輪14と、車体フレームの後端部の幅方向両側に着脱可能に設けられた一対の後輪6と、車体フレームの後端部の下部に昇降機構28によって接地位置と非接地位置との間で昇降可能に設けられ接地位置にある下降状態で前輪とによって車体フレームを移動可能支持する自在キャスタからなるリフトアップ車輪29を具備する。【選択図】 図1
