Title:
WALKING AID DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/246376
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The invention achieves smaller size through the use of an inverted pendulum structure, facilitates proper transmission of assistive force to a user, and also yields the most natural walking posture possible. The invention is provided with: a mobile object 20 that is positioned between the user's left and right feet when the user is walking and can move forward with a driving force of a drive source 10; a saddle support body 30 that is provided to an upper section of the mobile object 20 and can be tilted forward and backward; a saddle support body forward/backward tilt detecting means 31 for detecting tilting forward and backward of the saddle support body 30; a saddle 40 that is provided to an upper section of the saddle support body 30; a handle 50 that is provided to a front section of the saddle 40 and is grasped by the user; and a control unit 60 for driving the drive source 10 to cause the mobile object 20 to move forward so as to cause the saddle support body 30 to stand upright when forward tilt of the saddle support body 30 has been detected by the saddle support body forward/backward tilt detecting means 31.
Inventors:
ENOMOTO ROKURO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/021309
Publication Date:
December 10, 2020
Filing Date:
May 29, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ENOMOTO ROKURO (JP)
International Classes:
A61H3/04; B62K1/00; B62K17/00
Foreign References:
| JP3182010U | 2013-02-28 | |||
| JP2014046851A | 2014-03-17 | |||
| JP2016088321A | 2016-05-23 | |||
| US20150216757A1 | 2015-08-06 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SADO Noboru (JP)
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