Abstract: A foldable wheelchair includes a pair of sides each having an upstanding backrest support member, and a soft backrest suspended between both members. Below each member there is mounted a side wheel for propelling the chair. A pair of seat supports interconnect the sides. Each seat support includes two upstanding rectangular panels having inner ends that are hingedly interconnected and outer ends that are hingedly connected to respective sides. A seat is mounted between the sides and is supported by the seat supports when the wheelchair is infolded. The seat includes two rectangular panels having inner ends that are hingedly interconnected and outer ends that are hingedly connected to respective sides. A longitudinal bar interconnects the hinged inner ends of the seat supports and a tee portion at one end of the bar carries a wheeled footrest.