Walking assistant harness
A walking assistant harness attached to a leg of a trainee so as to assist walking of the trainee includes: a thigh frame placed along a front side or a rear side of a thigh of the trainee; and a thigh fixation belt connected to the thigh frame at a connection portion, so as to fix the thigh of the trainee to the thigh frame, and the connection portion includes a connecting position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a connecting position with the thigh fixation belt in a right-left direction of the trainee.
1. A walking assistant harness attached to a leg of a trainee so as to assist walking of the trainee, the walking assistant harness comprising:
a thigh frame placed along a front side or a rear side of a thigh of the trainee; and
a thigh fixation belt including a first wing and a second wing,
wherein the first wing is connected to a first portion of the thigh frame at a first connection portion and the second wing is connected to a second portion of the thigh frame at a second connection portion so as to fix the thigh of the trainee to the thigh frame,
wherein the first connection portion includes a first connecting position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a first connecting position with the thigh fixation belt in a right-left direction of the trainee, and the second connection portion includes a second connecting position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a second connecting position with the thigh fixation belt in the right-left direction of the trainee,
wherein the first connecting position and the second connecting position are adjustable based on a size of the thigh of the trainee,
wherein each of the first connecting position adjustment mechanism and the second connecting position adjustment mechanism is constituted by a plurality of connecting holes provided in the thigh frame side by side along the right-left direction of the trainee, and
wherein the first wing includes a first protruding portion to be engaged with any of the plurality of connecting holes of the first connecting position adjustment mechanism, and the second wing includes a second protruding portion to be engaged with any of the plurality of connecting holes of the second connecting position adjustment mechanism,
wherein the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion each includes a cylindrical head and a cylindrical support portion having a diameter smaller than that of the cylindrical head, a first end of the cylindrical support portion being fixed to the first wine or the second wing, and the cylindrical head being provided at a second end of the cylindrical support portion, and
wherein each of the plurality of connecting holes includes an attachment hole to which the first protruding portion or the second protruding portion is fixed, an insertion hole having a diameter larger than that of the attachment hole, and a communication passage via which the attachment hole communicates with the insertion hole.
2. The walking assistant harness according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a lower leg frame rotatably connected to the thigh frame via a knee joint portion and placed along a lower leg of the trainee; and
a sole frame connected to the lower leg frame and attached to a foot of the trainee.
3. The walking assistant harness according to claim 1 , wherein the first wing includes stoppers and the second wing includes bands.
4. The walking assistant harness according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment hole and the insertion hole are offset from each other in the right-left direction and in an up-down direction.