A device for supporting a person in a sitting position has a substantially
horizontally extending supporting element placeable on a supporting
surface substantially at a level of a person's pelvis when the person is
in a sitting position, and two substantially vertically extending
elements each having a lower end connected with the horizontally
extending supporting element and an upper end extendable to an area of
person's armpits so that the upper ends of the substantially vertically
extending elements are placeable under the person's armpits.