Patent ID: 8066332

Claim:
A wheelchair armrest adjusting mechanism, comprising: a support unit having at least an upright support, a horizontal support connected to an upper end of the upright support, and a plurality of locking pins arranged to one side of the horizontal support; an armrest assembled to a top of the support unit and having a slide channel at a lower side of the armrest in order to engage with the horizontal support of the support unit for enabling horizontal movement of the armrest relative to the horizontal support along an axis; wherein a stop hole is provided at one side of the armrest to create a passage to the slide channel in order to fit one of the locking pins and lock the armrest against horizontal movement relative to the horizontal support along the axis; and a control unit fitted into the stop hole of the armrest, wherein the control unit is aligned and adapted to be selectively pressed by a user against said one of the locking pins when said one of the locking pins is fitted within the stop hole to perform an unlocking of the armrest to permit horizontal movement of the armrest relative to the horizontal support along the axis.