PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a patient transfer device for caring with a simple structure, manufactured inexpensively, easy to be carried, and low in burdens for a person to be cared and a caring person.SOLUTION: The patient transfer device 10 for caring includes a rear wheel part 12 for supporting rotatably two or more of wheels 12a, a front wheel part 11 for supporting rotatably one or more of wheels 11a provided in a front side separatedly with respect to the rear wheel part 12, a frame 13 composed of a main frame part 14 having the rear wheel part 12 attached to a lower end and extended upwards, and a sub-frame 15 attached with the front wheel part 11 in its lower part and connected angle-fixedly to the main frame 14, and a mounting part 16 supported in an upper part of the main frame 14 and for mounting the person 1 to be cared. When the front and rear wheels 11a, 12a are brought into grounding states, the supporting position of the mounting part 16 in the upper part of the main frame 14 is located between the rear wheel part 12 and the front wheel part 11 in a longitudinal direction.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】安価に製造でき、構造がシンプルで持ち運びが容易で、被介助者及び介助者への負担が小さい介助用移乗器を提供する。【解決手段】2以上の車輪12aを回転可能に支持する後側車輪部12及び、後側車輪部12に対し、前方に離間して設けられた1以上の車輪11aを回転可能に支持する前側車輪部11と、後側車輪部12が下端に取り付けられると共に上方へ向けて延在する主フレーム部14、及び前側車輪部11が下部に取り付けられると共に主フレーム部14に対し角度固定に連結される副フレーム部15からなるフレーム13と、主フレーム部14の上部に支持されて被介助者1を載せるための載置部16とを含み、前後の車輪11a,12aが接地状態のとき、主フレーム部14の上部における載置部16の支持位置が前後方向における前側車輪部11と後側車輪部12との間に位置する介助用移乗器10。【選択図】図1
