Patent ID: 7007963

Claim:
A raising wheel chair comprising: a wheelframe; and a raising frame, said raising frame being connected to a frontal portion of the wheel frame and comprising a seat support with a seat, a backrest support with a backrest, and on each side of the raising frame a lever parallelogram for maintaining the backrest vertical in a sitting position as well as in a standing position of a user, said lever parallelogram comprising a seat support bar and substantially parallel thereto a parallelogram lever being pivotally connected with one end to the frontal portion of the wheel frame and with another end to the backrest support, wherein the backrest support comprises on each side a column and a pipe section, said pipe section being connected to the backrest and telescopically movable on said column, and wherein a lever is pivotally connected to a rear position of the seat support and to the pipe section for moving, both on a change from the standing position and a change from a lying position to a sitting position, or vice versa, the backrest away from a rear end of the seat support, and toward the rear end of the seat support, respectively.