Walking assistance device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorYutaka Hiki
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Abstract
A walking assistance device includes a seating member configured to provide seating for a user to sit astride, and leg links connected to the seating member. The seating member includes: a supporting member configured to support the user sitting on the seating member from below the seating member; a movable member configured to contact an inguinal region of the user supported by the supporting member and to be movably supported by the supporting member; and at least one elastic member provided between the movable member and the supporting member and configured to be deformable in accordance with a force applied from the inguinal region of the user to the movable member.
Claims10
A walking assistance device comprising a seating member configured to provide seating for a user to sit astride, and leg links connected to the seating member, wherein the seating member comprises:
- a supporting member configured to support the user sitting on the seating member from below the seating member;
- a movable member configured to contact an inguinal region of the user supported by the supporting member and to be movably supported by the supporting member;
- and at least one elastic member provided between the movable member and the supporting member and configured to be deformable in accordance with a force applied from the inguinal region of the user to the movable member;
- wherein the supporting member comprises a bifurcated portion provided at a front side of the supporting member and having a shape corresponding to the inguinal region of the user, wherein space for allowing movements of the movable member with respect to the bifurcated portion is provided between the movable member and the bifurcated portion, and the elastic member is located outside the space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.