Walking assisting device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorYutaka Hiki
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Abstract
A compact and easy-to-use walking assisting device capable of reducing constrained feeling given to a user and allowing a free swing of the arms of the user in walking. The walking assisting device comprises one or more leg links to which ground contact members are connected at their lower ends respectively and a load transfer portion connected to the upper ends of the leg links, in which at least a part of the weight of the user is supported by the leg links via the load transfer portion, wherein the load transfer portion includes a seat member for the user to sit astride, wherein connecting portions with the upper ends of the leg links connected thereto are attached to the undersurface of the seat member, and wherein the connecting portions have a degree of freedom allowing the forward/backward and lateral swings of the leg links.
Claims18
A walking assisting device comprising:
- one or more leg links;
- a ground contact member connected at a lower end of the one or more leg links;
- and
- a load transfer portion connected to an upper end of the one or more leg links, such that at least a part of the weight of a user is supported by the one or more leg links via the load transfer portion, the load transfer portion including a seat member for the user to sit astride;
- and
- connecting portions for connecting the upper end of the one or more leg links to the seat member, the connecting portions including a guide track operatively attached to the undersurface of the seat member,
- wherein a slider is operatively attached to the upper end of the one or more leg links,
- wherein the slider movably engages the guide track to facilitate a swinging movement of the one or more leg links in a forward and backward direction, and
- wherein the connecting portions are arranged in such a way as to be located within a lateral width between left and right femoral heads of the user when the user is in a sitting position on the seat member.
A walking assisting device comprising:
- one or more leg links;
- a ground contact member connected at a lower end of the one or more leg links;
- and
- a load transfer portion connected to an upper end of the one or more leg links, such that at least a part of a weight of a user is supported by the one or more leg links via the load transfer portion, the load transfer portion including a seat member for the user to sit astride;
- and
- connecting portions, including a guide track, operatively attached to an undersurface of the seat member,
- wherein a slider is operatively attached to the upper end of the one or more leg links, and
- wherein the slider movably engages the guide track to facilitate a swinging movement of the one or more leg links in a forward and backward direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.