Patent ID: 6966569

Claim:
A wheelchair having a chair part on which a user can sit, and rotatable wheels provided on both sides of the chair part so as to be rotatable by hand for effecting movement of the wheelchair, each of the wheels comprising: a rim member defining an outer periphery; a hub member rotatably connected to the chair part, and connected at a center of the rim member via a wheel part, wherein the rim member is formed in a U-shape in a cross-sectional cut in a radial direction, the U-shape being defined by an inner sidewall positioned on the chair part side, an outer sidewall on an opposing side, and a connecting ring connecting the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall, and wherein the outer sidewall forms a continuous wall portion, and the continuous wall portion is formed in a ring shape at an outer side of the outer periphery of the rim member, and provides a grip ring on an edge portion thereof; and a cushion ring fixed on an outer peripheral surface of the connecting ring, wherein the inner sidewall is connected to the wheel part, the grip ring is provided on an edge portion of the outer sidewall, and the U-shaped rim member, which is formed by the inner sidewall, the connecting ring and the outer sidewall, forms a finger-holding cavity capable of receiving therein a user's fingers to rotate the wheel by gripping the grip ring.