Orthopedic standing and walking aid

A vertical access aid, comprising:

• a roughly C-shaped frame suspended from a suspension device including a spring so that the C-shaped frame is elastically supported in a vertical direction,
• a saddle which is arranged on the C-shaped frame approximately in rectilinear alignment below the suspension device, with
• a saddle post extending from the saddle into a sleeve connected to the C-shaped frame, wherein the saddle post is slidably mounted in the sleeve,
• a height-adjusting spring arranged below the saddle post, which exerts an upward preload on the saddle and allows for adjusting a height of the saddle, and
• a lock with which the height-adjusting spring is lockable,
• wherein the saddle has an elongated slim shape whereby a person sitting on the saddle arranges his/her legs directed downwards on opposite lateral sides of the saddle to be in a standing position while seated, wherein the C-shaped frame does not include a backrest or an abdominal support, and the C-shaped frame is shaped so that a person's body does not touch the C-shaped frame when the person is sitting on the saddle, and wherein a body weight of the person sitting on the saddle is transferred from the orthopedic standing and walking aid upwards to the suspension device and no part of the orthopedic standing and walking aid touches a floor located under the orthopedic standing and walking aid, and wherein the person sitting on the saddle is able to walk around freely in all directions while seated.

An orthopedic standing and walking aid, comprising:

• a carriage which is displaceably mounted on a running rail in a longitudinal direction of the running rail, wherein the running rail is mounted on a further rail arrangement so as to be displaceable transverse to the longitudinal direction of the running rail, and wherein the carriage moves in a horizontal plane below the running rail and the further rail arrangement,
• an approximately C-shaped frame suspended on the carriage by a suspension device including a spring so that the C-shaped frame is elastically supported by the running rail in a vertical direction,
• a saddle which is arranged on the C-shaped frame approximately in rectilinear alignment below the suspension device, with
• a saddle post extending from the saddle into a sleeve connected to the C-shaped frame, wherein the saddle post is slidably mounted in the sleeve, and an operating lever connected to the saddle post, wherein the operating lever is swiveled back and forth between a position that fixes the saddle post in the sleeve and a position in which the saddle post is freely movable in the sleeve,
• a height-adjusting spring arranged below the saddle post, which exerts an upward preload on the saddle and allows for adjusting a height of the saddle,
• a lock with which the height-adjusting spring is lockable, and
• optionally including any of the following group fastened to the C-shaped frame:
• an eye that secures the person with a safety belt, a hand bow, a headrest, a leg support, a footrest, and a holding device;
• wherein the saddle has an elongate slim shape whereby a person sitting on the saddle arranges his/her legs directed downwards on opposite lateral sides of the saddle to be in a standing position while seated, wherein the C-shaped frame does not include a backrest or an abdominal support, and the C-shaped frame is shaped so that a person's body does not touch the C-shaped frame when the person is sitting on the saddle, and wherein a body weight of the person sitting on the saddle is transferred from the orthopedic standing and walking aid upwards to the running rail and no part of the orthopedic standing and walking aid touches a floor located under the orthopedic standing and walking aid, and wherein the person sitting on the saddle is able to walk around freely in all directions while seated.