ASSIST DEVICE
An assist device includes an actuator; a first body-worn unit including a belt body; right and left arms; and second body-worn units that are attached to distal parts of the arms and worn on thighs of the user. The belt body includes an upper belt and a lower belt provided on a back side of the user, the upper belt and the lower belt respectively extending along an upper side and a lower side of buttocks of the user. The assist device includes a restraining belt that connects the second body-worn units to the lower belt and restrains the lower belt from moving upward.
1 . An assist device comprising:
an actuator including right and left activation units that are configured to generate torque around an imaginary line passing through hips of a user in a right-left direction;
a first body-worn unit including a belt body that connects the right and left activation units to each other, the actuator being worn on a body of the user with use of the first body-worn unit;
right and left arms that are swung by the torque; and
second body-worn units that are attached to distal parts of the arms and worn on thighs of the user, wherein:
the belt body includes an upper belt and a lower belt provided on a back side of the user, the upper belt and the lower belt respectively extending along an upper side and a lower side of buttocks of the user; and
the assist device includes a restraining belt that connects the second body-worn units to the lower belt and restrains the lower belt from moving upward.
2 . The assist device according to claim 1 , wherein the restraining belt includes a left restraining belt that connects a left second body-worn unit of the second body-worn units to the lower belt, and a right restraining belt that connects a right second body-worn unit of the second body-worn units to the lower belt, the left second body-worn unit being worn on the thigh of a left leg of the user, and the right second body-worn unit being worn on the thigh of a right leg of the user.
3 . The assist device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the left restraining belt includes an inclination part that extends from the left second body-worn unit toward the lower belt so as to incline toward a center in the right-left direction; and
the right restraining belt includes an inclination part that extends from the right second body-worn unit toward the lower belt so as to incline toward the center in the right-left direction.
4 . The assist device according to claim 1 , wherein the restraining belt includes:
a common belt part that is connected to a central part of the lower belt in the right-left direction;
a left belt part that is connected to a left second body-worn unit of the second body-worn units, the left second body-worn unit being worn on the thigh of a left leg of the user;
a right belt part that is connected to a right second body-worn unit of the second body-worn units, the right second body-worn unit being worn on the thigh of a right leg of the user; and
a coupling part that couples the left belt part and the right belt part to the common belt part.
5 . The assist device according to claim 4 , wherein:
the left belt part and the right belt part are continuous with each other; and
the coupling part supports a continuous part including the left belt part and the right belt part that are continuous with each other in a state in which the continuous part is folded back at an intermediate point, so as to allow the continuous part to move in a longitudinal direction of the continuous part.
6 . The assist device according to claim 1 , wherein the restraining belt includes an elastic part that is stretchable and shrinkable, the elastic part being provided in at least a part of the restraining belt.