PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wheelchair which can easily adjust a height thereof.SOLUTION: A wheelchair 1 includes: a grounding frame member 10 provided with a caster 2, a main wheel 3, and a parking brake 4 which stops a rotation of the main wheel 3 by coming into a pressure contact with an outer circumferential face of the main wheel 3 and a body frame member 30 including a seat part 5 and mounted on the grounding frame member 10, in which the grounding frame member 10 and the body frame member 30 are separately provided. A height adjusting mechanism 60 is provided which can change a relative height position of the grounding frame member 10 and the body frame member 30.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2019,JPO&INPIT【課題】座部の高さ調節が簡便な車いすを提供する。【解決手段】車いす1は、キャスター2と、主車輪3と、主車輪3の外周面に圧接することによって主車輪3の回転を停止する駐車ブレーキ4と、が取り付けられた接地フレーム部材10、並びに、座部5を備え、接地フレーム部材10に組み付けられる本体フレーム部材30と、を各々別体で具備し、そして、接地フレーム部材10と本体フレーム部材30との相対高さ位置が変更可能な高さ調節機構60が備えられている。【選択図】図1