PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wheelchair capable of improving convenience and safety property in self-travelling.SOLUTION: A wheelchair includes a chair body including a seat part, a pair of driving wheels 5 located on both sides in the width direction with respect to the seat part which support the chair body, and a brake 11 provided to the chair body. The brake 11 includes an abutting member 21 that can abut on treads 5a of the driving wheels 5, and the abutting member 21 can be retreated at least inside the treads 5a in the width direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】自走時の利便性乃至は安全性を向上できる車椅子を提供する。【解決手段】車椅子は、座部を含んでいる椅子本体と、座部に対して幅方向両側に位置して椅子本体を支持する1対の駆動輪5と、椅子本体に設けられているブレーキ11とを有している。ブレーキ11は、駆動輪5の踏面5aに当接可能な当接部材21を有しており、当接部材21は、少なくとも踏面5aよりも幅方向の内側へ退避可能である。【選択図】図2
