摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a body support device for a wheelchair, the device making a person on a wheelchair seated in a comfortable posture and with a sense of relief, by laterally supporting the head, etc., of the person. ! SOLUTION: A body support device 1 for a wheelchair includes: a lower vertical frame 2, intermediate lateral frame 3, upper vertical frame 4, turning frame 5, and a body support pad 6. The lower end of the lower vertical frame 2 is mounted on the upper frame C11 of a handrail part C1, with a clamp 7 through a ball joint 8. The rear end of the intermediate lateral frame 3 is mounted on the side frame C21 of a backrest part C2. Adjustments are made to a rocking position of the upper vertical frame 4, a turning position of the turning frame 5, a rotating position of the body support pad 6, or the like and, by fixing them with fixing screws 43, 54, 64, 65, the body support pad 6 is arranged at an optimum position for supporting the head, etc., of a person on a wheelchair C from the |