Patent ID: 7891695

Claim:
An upright wheelchair, comprising: a chassis; a seat on the chassis which is pivotable from a substantially horizontal seating position to a substantially vertical standing position; and at least one footrest arranged on the chassis and being movable to different positions when said seat is moved to said substantially horizontal seating position and when said seat is moved to said substantially vertical position, wherein when the seat is in the substantially horizontal seating position the at least one footrest is inclined at an angle (α) relative to horizontal (H), and wherein when the seat is pivoted to the substantially vertical standing position, the angle (α) of the at least one footrest relative to horizontal (H) becomes zero, and wherein said at least one footrest is configured to move toward ground where the angle (α) of the at least one footrest relative to horizontal (H) becomes zero prior to said seat moving from said substantially horizontal seating position to said substantially vertical position.